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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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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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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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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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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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Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one.
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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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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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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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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 System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.
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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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When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.
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Basketball is sharing.
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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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I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.
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I'm not trying to find answers anymore. I'm trying to live what I know.
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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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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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I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.
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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 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 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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