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I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.
Phil Jackson
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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
Basketball Coach
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Deer Lodge
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Philip Douglas Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas Jackson
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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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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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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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The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.
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The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive
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Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must step into the vacuum and drive the beat that sustains the team.
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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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The problem with trading dominant players of that size is you never get in return what you've bargained away.
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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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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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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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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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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.
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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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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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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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My accountant tells me I can't be a California resident anymore. I spend too much of my time in New York.
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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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