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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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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.
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The real value in everything you do is in the details.
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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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Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.
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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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Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.
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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 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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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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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.
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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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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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Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group.
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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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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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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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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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When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.
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