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No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.
Phil Jackson
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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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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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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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The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.
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Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.
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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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I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.
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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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People think I would never take on a team that has no legitimate chance to win a championship, This is one of the major misconceptions about me. Success can be measured in many different ways. . . . Either way, I would find the challenge invigorating.
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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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