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If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.
Phil Jackson
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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
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Deer Lodge
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Philip Douglas Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas Jackson
Action Jackson
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 sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.
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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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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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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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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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I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.
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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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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 will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo.
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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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