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I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.

Phil Jackson

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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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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 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 thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.
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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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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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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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No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.
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Basketball is sharing.
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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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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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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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The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.
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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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The problem with trading dominant players of that size is you never get in return what you've bargained away.
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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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When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.
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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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If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.
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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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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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