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I told Kobe that's the one area where I'll try not to disclose.
Phil Jackson -
He is still a long ways from being smooth in what we anticipate will be a system that he'll take to and enjoy, ... It's going to take him a while, as it will everybody, especially a guy who's a lead guard in a situation like that. It takes some time.
Phil Jackson
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We remind our players that this is something that was a special night in a heated situation but it's not going to be a steady diet for us. The onus on Kobe is to stay inside the team offense. The onus on the players is to pick it up a little bit better.
Phil Jackson -
They almost made me get up and walk out of the building in the third quarter. They got it righted and played good defense to get back in the game. I knew that Kobe would find a way out there to help us win.
Phil Jackson -
Ludicrous is probably the best word I could think of.
Phil Jackson -
That doesn't matter to me about those things, ... They are pathetic. It was a poor offensive game. We didn't move the ball right. We didn't shoot the ball right. But those things, they'll happen. ... Those are just numbers.
Phil Jackson -
I didn't think he had good legs. He told me in the fourth quarter he was going to get hot, that he felt like he was getting in his rhythm, and he hit in a few in the fourth quarter. But, he was really bothered by Bell. He did a great job on him.
Phil Jackson -
It was a good gesture. It was a peaceful resolution for our fans and L.A.
Phil Jackson
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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.
Phil Jackson -
I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.
Phil Jackson -
I thought it was vindictive. I don't like to see it because he's one of the guys that we nurtured here. He was contributing to us a lot in the championship (run) two years ago.
Phil Jackson -
He plays beyond pain a lot of times. He'll be fresh-legged.
Phil Jackson -
Obviously I think Chauncey Billups is really the guy that controls the throttle over there. He is an important part of their success.
Phil Jackson -
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.
Phil Jackson
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My parents were, had a marriage of passion, and the passion was about their religious beliefs. They were both immigrant families that - well, my father's family came as Puritans to Massachusetts.
Phil Jackson -
There'll be another resurgence where we get back and play ball well.
Phil Jackson -
There's plenty of time to look at this for a while until either he shows improvement or else we go back to more of a basic offensive standard ... and take that guard responsibility away. Move him into a forward place where he can make plays and he can still be a participant in the offense.
Phil Jackson -
He's still not 100 percent. He will be established in this organization as a prominent player. I'm going to ask him to step into that level as a responsible player on the floor.
Phil Jackson -
It was a poorly refereed game. I know there's a lot of pressure on the refs when they come here because Mark (Cuban) has them review the tapes and send them into the league.
Phil Jackson -
I'm going to address the team and try to set down some parameters as to how we're going to deal with it, ... This is something now that we seriously have to take as another type of an issue, where there's a certain sense of where our privacy lies and where the boundaries lie, that we're going to have to address and we're going to have to be serious about it.
Phil Jackson
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The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive.
Phil Jackson -
He stayed very well inside of what we're trying to do.
Phil Jackson -
I was surprised. I can hear the cheers too, but there were some boos. I think it was kind of retribution for what happened in Miami over Christmas. I think the Miami fans were so vocal over Kobe.
Phil Jackson -
No. He's not. He doesn't have the base.
Phil Jackson