Phil Jackson Quotes
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They still have the defense as their calling card, but they have released and liberated the offense.
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If you were there at the game, I think everybody understands how we won. He got into a rhythm - it was just a landslide.
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That was something to behold -- it was another level. At halftime we were disturbed about the way we were playing. We came out, and Kobe just found a way to do everything.
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Kobe was waiting for his game to get hot and it never happened, and we tried to force the ball into him and it cost us.
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They're playing at a very high level. They're still there as far as going after the record. A lot of things can go down in the second half of the season, but they are very good.
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We'd visit an art museum in Houston, or a spectacular shoreline vista in Oregon, or attend a political lecture in Boston. And so I found myself getting a special kind of education just witnessing Bill's grasp of what makes our society tick and how business gets done.
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The Olympics is a daunting thing. We have to face the fact that (by doing it this way) we'll cut our players short a little bit.
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The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.
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We couldn't stop their second chance points down the stretch. I thought we had a good shot at winning the game. It was well fought.
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I think that Shaq measures himself against a season. I've always given him credit for that. He knows what the end goal is, and he's got a tremendous amount of pride. He'll be there when the playoffs are going, and he's going to be probably at his peak at that time.
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This is a day and age when the perimeter players are scoring more than the interior players.
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The team played well enough to win it, but they didn't finish. When you're on the road, you have to do some things to win, because it's a bit extra special.
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We're exploring life without Shaq, ... and enjoying it, too.
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In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.
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I hope so. We've got a measure in front of us that we have to step up to and try to regain some kind of composure and some kind of home-court advantage.
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This is about Phoenix going back to their home court, trying to rally. One win puts things right at the edge again, and we'd have to come back and hold home court, which is a single-game situation. So we know there's a lot of work to be done before we're finished with this thing.
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It means something to the fans; it's territorial bragging rights for them.
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When Stephen got hurt...it was either a motivating force for the Pacers to get their run, but at the same time he was turning the ball over a lot, so he may have been an asset by default.
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It was a big win for us. We caused a lot of turnovers and stepped up the tempo knowing they played last night.
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There are times and moments and there will be one in this playoffs where he will do the offensive work. He's going to be on fire and feeling the ability to go out there and shoot anytime, any place. Right now, I think he's just moving the ball well and doing the right things for us.
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Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group.
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What moves me is watching young men bond together and tap into the magic that arises when they focus with their whole heart and soul on something greater than themselves. Once you've experienced that, it's something you never forget.
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When it doesn't produce wins, that's the fine line. And then players . . . also have to feel like they're a part of it. If they are, then they play at a better level.
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Probably would have been sitting on the bench with Connecticut. Who knows? That's just hypothetical stuff you can't even project. But it certainly is a talented team. The growth that he has had here, I think, has been a beneficial factor for him in his overall game.