A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly. — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
The problem with trading dominant players of that size is you never get in return what you've bargained away. — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance. — 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… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
Basketball is a great mystery. You can do everything right. You can have the perfect mix of talent and the best system… — 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… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
Kobe was hell-bent on surpassing Jordan as the greatest player in the game. His obsession with Michael was striking. When we played… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
An acrobatic dunk will make it onto Sports Center. A simple, unspectacular bounce pass in the rhythm of the offense will not.… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
He practiced against Kobe all of last year, so obviously it was sweet revenge for him. We deserved that. We didn't know… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
The best thing that I think happened to me was I got the opportunity to have really good players and we were… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
I always tell the players, "We are in the business that's very much like a marathon race only we're gonna be doing… — 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
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
