Phil Jackson Quotes
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They had a game plan against Kobe that was effective, getting the ball out of his hands.
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They're all big (games) for us. We have 10 home games, three road games and we feel like we have to win really a high majority of those games to finish where we have to finish if we want to go forward to gain momentum for the playoffs.
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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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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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If we can accept whatever hand we've been dealt - no matter how unwelcome - the way to proceed eventually becomes clear.
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I probably would have no capability of absorbing a 60-defeat season as a coach. It would be a foreign experience. My whole career, even as a player, has been on winning basketball clubs and it just seems to have been a part of the make-up of what’s been given me. That’s what I’ve been given and that’s what I’ve had to deal with. Some people can make fun of it or some people can have a good time with it, or some people can resent it. It’s just what it is.
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Kwame did a great job in a lot of aspects of the game.
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Tracy looks like he's injured to me. He just didn't seem to play with as much vigor.
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They knew how intensely they had to play. They knew that there had to be a win. We just said that we're going to win this game regardless. I'm going to play the players that have to play to win the game. They buckled down and did the job they had to do.
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I'm going to copyright myself so he can have that distinction, sell them off.
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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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I think they felt intimidated at some point in this playoff. ...Our big guys have been effective. ... They just wanted to make a stand and make a statement.
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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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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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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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There's going to be games like that, games that are going to be up there (offensively), especially with the accuracy on three-pointers that they did tonight.
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I am pleased with Kobe and how he controlled the offense. We had people open because they were doubling him and that got some people open and we found them.
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Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It's about mastering the art of letting go.
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Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little more time.
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It's 1-1. We haven't done anything yet. Now it's time to come home and see if we can't win on our court and get the actual lead in the series.
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The best part of basketball, for those people on the inside, is the bus going to the airport after you've won a game on an opponent's floor. It's been a very tough battle. And preferably, in the playoffs. And that feeling that you have, together as a group, having gone to an opponent's floor and won a very good victory, is as about as high as you can get.
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I was disappointed with our fourth-quarter beginning. We put ourselves in good position, then didn't score for three minutes. We gave it away.
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He played a great game, and they gave him 'Kobe (stinks)' or something at the end. I thought that was really poor sportsmanship, especially for a game as competitive and exciting as that game was, down to the last minute to be decided. I'm sure his demeanor and his poise and his character on the floor are saying lots.
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He looks like he's injured to me. Except for that dunk, he didn't seem to play with as much vim and vigor.