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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.
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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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I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.
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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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Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.
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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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Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there are three ways to do that. Pass, dribble and offensive rebound.
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Basketball is sharing.
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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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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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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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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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If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.
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I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.
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The real value in everything you do is in the details. I just like that quote. A very similar way to say the same thing. If you're washing dishes you pay attention to washing dishes. If you're driving a car, you're paying attention to driving the car.
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He practiced against Kobe all of last year, so obviously it was sweet revenge for him. We deserved that. We didn't know who he was, we gave him up to Charlotte, we had no idea how good a player he was.
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I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.
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When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.
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Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to make things work.
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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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