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My philosophy is that you can't motivate players with speeches, you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in and those are the guys that are competitive. You cannot teach competitiveness.
Phil Jackson
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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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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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The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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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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When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.
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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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No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.
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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 System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.
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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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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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Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.
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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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What moves me is watching young men bond together and tap into the magic that arises when they focus with their whole heart and soul on something greater than themselves. Once you've experienced that, it's something you never forget.
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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. Of course, it's no accident that things are more likely to go your way when you stop worrying about whether you're going to win or lose and focus your full attention on what's happening right this moment.
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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 don't believe in curfews, because you can't treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust.
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Basketball is sharing.
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If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.
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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 thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.
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