Phil Jackson Quotes
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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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In the second half we came out and played well offensively and defensively.
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He plays beyond pain a lot of times. He'll be fresh-legged.
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That's what happens when a team plays with some desperation.
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I will say that I had a number of teams there with Chicago and the Lakers that had over 45 wins or close to that at the All-Star break and the last third of the season is much more difficult. It's really tough.
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They could still be playing for all I know.
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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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It was like the third quarter would never end. I thought we would never get through it. Larry helped by getting off the court.
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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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We were unhappy with the first 18 minutes of the game, and we weren't reacting defensively the way we like to see them react. In the second half, we stepped it up defensively and were able to get out and run.
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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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I think all our players were encouraged by the effort, and thought we had the right idea. Our execution came up a little bit short.
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There'll be another resurgence where we get back and play ball well.
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I felt at some times Kobe might have taken advantage of our flexibility.
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My father was the superintendent of the churches in the state of Montana. He was content in his beliefs. He befit the term 'true Christian.' He would turn the other cheek. He was truly a man of peace.
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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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He played with the energy and the enthusiasm and threw his body around out there, things that we want to see players do. That helped us. I thought he ran out of gas at one point in that fourth quarter. Otherwise, I probably would have had him stay on the floor.
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I don't know; I didn't talk to him.
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He reached behind to knock the ball loose, and (Palmer) made the call. This is the second game where we've had inconsequential plays land us on the free-throw line in the last seconds of the game.
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Determined, dedicated, disciplined. I think he's ready to play. For Kobe, it's about re-establishing his dominance in the game.
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You go in the weight room and you lift weights and you do all these things to strengthen your body. This is strengthening your mind. When you can stay focused and you can use that focus to always come back with your breath to center yourself, so that you're kind of floating in the moment, in the spirit.
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It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and of course, luck. But if a team doesn’t have the most essential ingredient - love - none of those other factors matter.
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This goes along with who we are as a society. Somebody does something exceptional, people are looking for ways to denigrate them.
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They really crowded Shaq well and did not give him a good look in the lane. He struggled to find a position in the lane all night.