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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.
Phil Jackson
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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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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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