Phil Jackson Quotes
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When I was young, I was dedicated to become a minister - my brothers and I were formally brought in front of the congregation in a dedication ceremony, where we were dedicated to the future service of God.
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I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing the ball in. You have to have a system that makes all things work.
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Red and I, I think, have a mutual admiration. That's all I can say.
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We couldn't do anything better that would make this franchise better.
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The idea when we came here was we weren't going to let this game get by us.
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Basketball is a great mystery. You can do everything right. You can have the perfect mix of talent and the best system of offense in the game. You can devise a foolproof defensive strategy and prepare your players for every possible eventuality. But if the players don’t have a sense of oneness as a group, your efforts won’t pay off. And the bond that unites a team can be so fragile, so elusive.
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Kobe fought his way through it tonight. It was one of those games where the numbers of shots he took was too high, but he thought he was going to get fouled and he took the shots because he felt the pressure on him.
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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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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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Some players, you say at the end of the game, maybe it'd be a higher percentage. But he hasn't shown he makes that shot at the end of the game.
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They got their veterans back on the floor in the second quarter and started running their screen-and-rolls. They were able to play some defense and shut us down after we made a run in the second quarter.
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Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
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The star of the game obviously goes to Tim Thomas.
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I told the guys at halftime, they had their nap in the first half, now it's time to play. And you saw what happened. We slept almost all the way through the third quarter.
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In this society, we never give people a chance to come back to grace.
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I think he must have some type of injury.
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I think the only thing it did was take our mind off the game.
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He flew coach ? that was the only problem.
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His confidence grew as we kept going back in to him, and he got more productive from that. I think guys started relying on the fact that he could be counted on to catch the basketball and convert.
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Larry has been in this situation many more times than I have, ... It is very unique for me.
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Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.
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I have been involved in a lot of wild ones. That one was right up there.
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We have a lot of players at that position and, obviously, we've got to make cuts soon. Our desire is to find a place for him and a good opportunity for him and Charlotte was a team that really and truly did want him.
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You have to have someone coming off the bench who has experience, knowledge and ability.