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The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
Phil Jackson
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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.
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Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.
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An acrobatic dunk will make it onto Sports Center. A simple, unspectacular bounce pass in the rhythm of the offense will not. System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.
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Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game - and life - will take care of itself.
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I will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo.
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No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.
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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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Pau is one of the best big men in the game. I mean, Pau Gasol is going to be in the Hall of Fame.
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The problem with trading dominant players of that size is you never get in return what you've bargained away.
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I'm a patient person. I think that's one thing that I feel comfortable I can deal with - the downfall and the errors, as long as I see progress and people trying.
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The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.
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I know what it takes to be a coach. I've gone through that. I think I came up short my last season. Lots of things were happening physically to me, and emotionally, perhaps mentally, too. I thought it was time to tend to more important things, like health and like family. I still enjoy that, and I don't think I have any need to go back to coach.
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