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I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.

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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.
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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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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
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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 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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Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.
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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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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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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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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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Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.
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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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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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My accountant tells me I can't be a California resident anymore. I spend too much of my time in New York.
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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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Not everyone has a purpose.
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If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.
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