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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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Phil Jackson
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 17
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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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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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I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.
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