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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
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Deer Lodge
Montana
Philip Douglas Phil Jackson
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The Zen Master
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He practiced against Kobe all of last year, so obviously it was sweet revenge for him. We deserved that. We didn't know who he was, we gave him up to Charlotte, we had no idea how good a player he was.
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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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The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive
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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 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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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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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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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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The problem with trading dominant players of that size is you never get in return what you've bargained away.
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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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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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Basketball is sharing.
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The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
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I'm a patient person. I think that's one thing that I feel comfortable I can deal with - the downfall and the errors, as long as I see progress and people trying.
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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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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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Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.
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I'm not trying to find answers anymore. I'm trying to live what I know.
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When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.
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