Phil Jackson Quotes
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He's had a great year this year. I wanted him to have an opportunity to be on the playoff roster and be successful.
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We have nothing to crow about, our home record has been atrocious, we've got a long ways to go before we feel we're on top.
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When you have guys like Dixon and Blake basically have career nights, that really sets you on the edge as a team. We didn't come out with the intent to play defense tonight.
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It was awful. He gave us a terrible game. He just didn't give us any productive minutes at all.
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I'm sure he's going to juice up, as far as playing against Kobe.
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That's a great job for (Larry), ... (There's) a lot of money there. It's home.
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We couldn't do anything better that would make this franchise better.
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I thought we had a really good defensive first half. We found momentum at the beginning of the second quarter and established a lead.
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I've talked to other players that were there, but that was played in like complete silence. I guess there was a radio announcer there, but there was nothing else that you could even document it. People don't even know if they had a backboard or nets.
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And then mentally, do I have the patience to see that through?
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You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.
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We carried out our end of the bargain.
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Some of our players didn't look ready to play.
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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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It's not going to be about Kobe getting 45 points a night. It's going to be about how are we going to use all the talents to do what we have to do to take a team apart.
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The NBA has made a real issue about really making these superstars the premium that everybody wants to go to. That's their calling card and their marketing tool. But the coaches at the other end of the sphere are trying to make everybody on the team, even nine, 10, 11, 12, just as important, and have a real role that's meaningful.
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Make your work your play and your play your work.
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This one is certainly a challenge. It's an enjoyable one and one without a whole lot of pressure on me. The boss' daughter told me if things don't work right, I can take a day off.
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It's nice to be back in this gray, dingy hallway.
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It's going to be a process with this team, ... So we're not going to see a finished product for a while.
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This is really a slow go if it's a tear. What we do know is these are the type of injuries you've got to let heal, go slow with.
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Red and I, I think, have a mutual admiration. That's all I can say.
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He's been under five systems in as many years, ... I expect it's going to take some time.
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You can't read my man's mind, ... It's cool. It was a good way to finish the game.