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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
Basketball Coach
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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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If we can accept whatever hand we've been dealt - no matter how unwelcome - the way to proceed eventually becomes clear.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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The strength of the team lies within the individual. And the strength of the individual lies within 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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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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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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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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Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group.
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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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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 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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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 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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