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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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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.
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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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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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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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