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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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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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The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive
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Coaching is about, How do I get people to play at their peak level? It is a spiritual quest. And if it's not that, you don't have a challenge, you don't have a mission. Forming a brotherhood and trying to move it forward - that's what coaching is.
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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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If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.
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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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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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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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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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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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I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.
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Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game - and life - will take care of itself.
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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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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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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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Pau is one of the best big men in the game. I mean, Pau Gasol is going to be in the Hall of Fame.
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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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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 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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