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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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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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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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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.
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The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
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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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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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The strength of the team lies within the individual. And the strength of the individual lies within the team
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When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.
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Basketball is sharing.
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Not everyone has a purpose.
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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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I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.
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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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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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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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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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If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.
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The real value in everything you do is in the details.
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