Phil Jackson Quotes
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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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It was probably here in Atlanta, the last time it happened.
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It's not something that I have to do tomorrow or next week. I feel real comfortable just taking my time.
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Yao was great (Sunday). He was posting up and hitting those shots. He's in great shape now, probably the best shape I've seen him in since he's been playing in the NBA.
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We're not looking for Kobe to score 50 or 30 or 80. We're just looking for it to fit together. We want players to blend their talents together.
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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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The toilets are flushing great in the locker room.
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It's all about developing an atmosphere where players want to support and help each other. You want a nurturing place where they feel they can make mistakes, ... Philadelphia's got one of the great passers for a big man in Webber. And one of the great players as far as scoring guards in Allen. Certainly, that should give them some momentum to work with as they go through the year.
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Obviously I think Chauncey Billups is really the guy that controls the throttle over there. He is an important part of their success.
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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.
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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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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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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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It was quite an exhibition for three quarters Kobe put on. I've seen a few 60-point ballgames in my time, but none of them had been done by the third quarter.
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The win wasn't important for me, it was important for the team, ... But getting the win is twice as nice.
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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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They still have the defense as their calling card, but they have released and liberated the offense.
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The road to freedom is a beautiful system.
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The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.
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Coaching is about, "How do I get people to play at their peak level?" It is a spiritual quest. And if it's not that, you don't have a challenge, you don't have a mission. Forming a brotherhood and trying to move it forward - that's what coaching is.
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You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves.
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Wow, how can you lose a ball game like that. I just don't understand sometimes the capabilities of this team to disappoint.
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He (Brown) had a lot of offensive rebounds out there and did some things defensively and got some offensive things working for him, and that was good. And Luke had a stellar floor game and got some points.
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I think, obviously, coming back and working with this organization is a remarkable turnaround.