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When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.

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
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The Zen Master
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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 ideal way to win a championship is step by step.
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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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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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No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.
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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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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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If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.
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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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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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Not everyone has a purpose.
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Basketball is sharing.
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I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.
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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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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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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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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.
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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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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 greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive
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