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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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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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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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Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Basketball is sharing.
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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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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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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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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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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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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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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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