Coaching is about, "How do I get people to play at their peak level?" It is a spiritual quest. And if it's… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
The best part of basketball, for those people on the inside, is the bus going to the airport after you've won a… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm a patient person. I think that's one thing that I feel comfortable I can deal with - the downfall and the… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
I probably would have no capability of absorbing a 60-defeat season as a coach. It would be a foreign experience. My whole… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
People think I would never take on a team that has no legitimate chance to win a championship, This is one of… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
For us tall people, the whole key is that your hips and your knees should form a right angle when you sit… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
My parents were, had a marriage of passion, and the passion was about their religious beliefs. They were both immigrant families that - well,… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
“The unconscious mind is a terrific solver of complex problems when the conscious mind is busy elsewhere or, perhaps better yet, not overtaxed at… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
There's a term, agape, you hear used a lot with charismatic religious groups, that it's this more pure love of caring, of sharing of… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
“My confidence grew out of knowing that when the spirit was right and the players were attuned to one another, the game was likely… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't believe in curfews, because you can't treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust. — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
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… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
My philosophy is that you don't motivate players with speeches; you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in, and those… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It's about mastering the art of letting go. — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
“As a leader your job is to do everything in your power to create the perfect conditions for success by benching your ego and… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
If we can accept whatever hand we've been dealt - no matter how unwelcome - the way to proceed eventually becomes clear. — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly. — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
“Zen teacher Lewis Richmond tells the story of hearing Shunryu Suzuki sum up Buddhism in two words. Suzuki had just finished giving a talk… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
