Phil Jackson quote: "Probably would have been sitting on the bench with Connecticut. Who knows? That's just hypothetical stuff you can't even project. But it certainly is a talented team. The growth that he has had here, I think, has been a beneficial factor for him in his overall game."

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The NBA has made a real issue about really making these superstars the premium that everybody wants ...
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Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in ...
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Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall...
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There's a lot of chatter in basketball and, rightfully, you want players to be talking to each o...
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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there a...
PHIL JACKSON

For us tall people, the whole key is that your hips and your knees should form a right angle when yo...
PHIL JACKSON

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
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My father was a man who didn't consider himself learned. He was a man who liked to be a farmer. ...
PHIL JACKSON

The winter's a little bit daunting in Montana.
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My philosophy is that you don't motivate players with speeches; you have motivated players that ...
PHIL JACKSON

I was quite surprised. As far as things happening locally, it's probably the best thing that's ever ...
PHIL JACKSON

I think it was a disservice to Larry to make him take Allen Iverson. [Brown] left Philadelphia becau...
PHIL JACKSON

I was on them a little bit after the game because they were dumping the ball in his lap when he wasn...
PHIL JACKSON

It's great. But it's all about those teams that won it, ... I've got a mentor in [assistant coach] T...
PHIL JACKSON

That's a higher pace, higher fatigue rate, particularly when you play against this team. So it's imp...
PHIL JACKSON

My parents were, had a marriage of passion, and the passion was about their religious beliefs. They ...
PHIL JACKSON

We were unhappy with the first 18 minutes of the game, and we weren't reacting defensively the way w...
PHIL JACKSON

He reached behind to knock the ball loose, and (Palmer) made the call. This is the second game where...
PHIL JACKSON

I was surprised. I can hear the cheers too, but there were some boos. I think it was kind of retribu...
PHIL JACKSON

I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.
PHIL JACKSON

I'm going to copyright myself so he can have that distinction, sell them off.
PHIL JACKSON

There's going to be games like that, games that are going to be up there (offensively), especially w...
PHIL JACKSON

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
PHIL JACKSON

That is what happens when teams play with desperation and the other team comes out and doesn't play ...
PHIL JACKSON

We want him out there. We want their full team out there to play, so you earn what you win.
PHIL JACKSON

You can't read my man's mind, ... It's cool. It was a good way to finish the game.
PHIL JACKSON

This is really a slow go if it's a tear. What we do know is these are the type of injuries you've go...
PHIL JACKSON

He had a so-so game. He played adequately.... Everybody's a work in progress right now.
PHIL JACKSON

I'm going to address the team and try to set down some parameters as to how we're going to deal with...
PHIL JACKSON

Come back. Join us when you're ready and we're ready to go on with you -- or without you.
PHIL JACKSON

I think, obviously, coming back and working with this organization is a remarkable turnaround,
PHIL JACKSON

You have to have someone coming off the bench who has experience, knowledge and ability,
PHIL JACKSON

Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking valida...
PHIL JACKSON

We looked like we were lethargic out there. We shot 50 percent in the first half, and had 16 turnove...
PHIL JACKSON

We let the momentum slide in the fourth quarter.
PHIL JACKSON

He's still not 100 percent. He will be established in this organization as a prominent player. I'm g...
PHIL JACKSON

I told Kobe that's the one area where I'll try not to disclose,
PHIL JACKSON

I didn't want to create an impediment in that situation. I wanted him to be productive. But it didn'...
PHIL JACKSON

It's going to be a process with this team, ... So we're not going to see a finished product for a wh...
PHIL JACKSON

It was probably here in Atlanta, the last time it happened.
PHIL JACKSON

When you start out a ball game and the first thing they do is call an offensive foul on him for a no...
PHIL JACKSON

I have my hopes as to how we can grow as a basketball club,
PHIL JACKSON

We've made a lot of changes. Our roster is not set in stone. It's a very young team, our average age...
PHIL JACKSON

I think he looks comfortable playing. That's the one thing I felt last year - that he didn't look co...
PHIL JACKSON

rather severe and childish in some ways.
PHIL JACKSON

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together. -Phil Jackson.
PHIL JACKSON

If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.
PHIL JACKSON

It's nice to be back in this gray, dingy hallway,
PHIL JACKSON

He flew coach ? that was the only problem.
PHIL JACKSON

There really is something nice about it as far as energizing this team. This team has some deadbeats...
PHIL JACKSON

We're not amazed, to say the least. We are enthralled by it, and it's a beautiful thing to see, but ...
PHIL JACKSON

The longer you stay the harder it is to reach the ears and minds of young ballplayers, ... I think I...
PHIL JACKSON

I expect a cigar, ... Not lit, hopefully.
PHIL JACKSON

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
PHIL JACKSON

Determined, dedicated, disciplined. I think he's ready to play. For Kobe, it's about re-establishing...
PHIL JACKSON

Red and I, I think, have a mutual admiration. That's all I can say.
PHIL JACKSON

Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall eff...
PHIL JACKSON

the mentality of a pit bull.
PHIL JACKSON

The league is known for its vindictiveness. But we didn't anticipate a suspension.
PHIL JACKSON

As much as we pump iron and we run to build our strength up, we need to build our mental strength up...
PHIL JACKSON

We feel fortunate that we're in a position where we're looking down on the Miami Heat. Half-a-game l...
PHIL JACKSON

We haven't even talked about Miami, so this has been about playing the other team.
PHIL JACKSON

I don't think I ever used the word passive, but I do think he was looking to feed his teammates. He ...
PHIL JACKSON

I'll just say that hopefully they've drained the mud out of the building, and the termites aren't go...
PHIL JACKSON

I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.
PHIL JACKSON

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about...
PHIL JACKSON

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.
PHIL MICKELSON

At least in my life, I cannot hold onto grudges. It's a waste of energy, a waste of time.
PHIL ANSELMO

When I was a kid doing television, they'd stick a leather jacket on me, and I would be the thug.
PHIL DANIELS

If your neighbor has a completely different view on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, all ...
PHIL MCGRAW

My message is to get human beings to love God, love their neighbor and for the life of me I just don...
PHIL ROBERTSON

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they c...
PHIL MCGRAW

I prefer black music in general.
PHIL COLLINS

Successful people breed success.
PHIL CROSBY

If you simply put your faith in Jesus coming down in flesh, through a human being, God becoming fles...
PHIL ROBERTSON

There are a lot of things you can say about the Bush tax cuts, but you can't say they didn't...
PHIL GRAMM

At the end of the day, every member of the conservative movement, from our political commentators an...
PHIL GINGREY

Everything is blurred on what's right and what's wrong. Sin becomes fine. Start with homosex...
PHIL ROBERTSON

I'm dealing in rock'n'roll. I'm, like, I'm not a bona fide human being.
PHIL SPECTOR

Now, my body fat runs around 18 percent, which is normal and, you know, kind of in the middle of nor...
PHIL MCGRAW

I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.
PHIL DONAHUE

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling ...
PHIL GRAMM

La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city.
PHIL KEOGHAN

We try to stay as open-minded about casting as possible. When you're getting things down on pape...
PHIL LORD

The border patrol gave us a list of the diseases that they're concerned about, and Ebola was one...
PHIL GINGREY

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.
PHIL WELTMAN

I've been embarrassing myself since about birth.
PHIL LESTER

If you're insulting people on the internet, you must be ugly on the inside.
PHIL LESTER

The system loves resistance. Resistance is often creative and it feeds on creativity until the subve...
PHIL HINE

I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to ...
PHIL LOUT

The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordin...
PHIL GRAMM

An accent mark, perhaps, instead of a whole western accent -- a point of punctuation rather than a u...
PHIL PATTON

The world is in your hands, now use it.
PHIL COLLINS

If luck weren't involved, I'd win every tournament!
PHIL HELLMUTH

Whenever I see an ambulance, I like to think there is a baby being born, rather than a death.
PHIL LESTER

Play by the rules, but be ferocious.
PHIL KNIGHT

In 2012, a hamburger cost Amtrak $16.15, with riders paying $9.50. This means that we, the taxpayers...
PHIL GINGREY

Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas.
PHIL DONAHUE

My kids and I sometimes will just sit in my office and talk about what the world was like 68 million...
PHIL MICKELSON

You need pencil miles to be a great artist, animator, or filmmaker, and the sooner you start making ...
PHIL LORD

We're trying to infuse a little good into the American culture. Love God, love your neighbor, hu...
PHIL ROBERTSON

You're not supposed to risk your life just for the physical safety of American citizens - you...
PHIL KLAY

Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them.
PHIL DONAHUE

When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.
PHIL COLLINS

Responsibility and accountability is a big part of being in the military.
PHIL KLAY

We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a ...
PHIL KNIGHT

Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international...
PHIL KNIGHT

I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all creat...
PHIL ROBERTSON

When I worked in a medical practice, our practice provided the insurance. When I retired the next da...
PHIL ROE

The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of dist...
PHIL MCGRAW

A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.
PHIL MCGRAW

We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image...
PHIL MCGRAW

Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a pla...
PHIL LESH

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.
PHIL CROSBY

In video games and animation, you find that the toughest things to make different are the things tha...
PHIL LAMARR

I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.
PHIL MICKELSON

Basically, I don't ever move too far past the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, because i...
PHIL ROBERTSON

You're always going to have detractors, and you're always going to have people who love you,...
PHIL ANSELMO

You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.
PHIL MCGRAW

Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. But a lack of empathy isn't.
PHIL KLAY

There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and ...
PHIL KNIGHT

It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.
PHIL MCGRAW

I benefit from the Mr. Potato Head syndrome. Put a wig and a nose and glasses on me, and I disappear...
PHIL HARTMAN

Be yourself. Don't worry about what other people are thinking of you, because they're probably feeli...
PHIL LESTER

You should never make fun of something that a person can't change about themselves.
PHIL LESTER

I’m breaking
down
and I’ve
got so
little time
to
do it
PHIL VOLATILE

I tried to take heavy metal... and balled it up and chopped it in half and really tried to create a ...
PHIL ANSELMO

When Pisces go to war, there’s never a shortage of broken hearts.
PHIL VOLATILE

Supposedly, going to war initiates you into this gnostic priesthood of people who've had a limin...
PHIL KLAY

The First Battle of Fallujah was called off in part because of the intensity of non-U.S. media cover...
PHIL KLAY

With an extraordinary amount of federal employees authorized to use 100% official time on behalf of ...
PHIL GINGREY

You can only exist as far as your mind will allow you to exist, and I think chronic pain will stop t...
PHIL ANSELMO

In a way, it's my way of dealing with, finding closure with Grateful Dead music, and giving than...
PHIL LESH

I enjoy almost all of the game we kill. I only like to eat game that I have cleaned. I guess duck an...
PHIL ROBERTSON

I went from being a kid-kid, listen to everything from The Beatles through Kiss, Peter Frampton, Jet...
PHIL ANSELMO

The difference between the American version of 'Live Aid' and the British one - in England, ...
PHIL COLLINS

I have two friends named Matt. They're both scouts in the cavalry. They both served in the same ...
PHIL KLAY

I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.
PHIL DONAHUE

We could see that he was a charismatic guy who jumps over the moon and is very competitive, but nobo...
PHIL KNIGHT

Acting is my passion, and Chelsea FC is my hobby.
PHIL DANIELS

I am angry - mad - at the Chief Justice, John Roberts.
PHIL GINGREY

But now that I’m scrubbing
toilets on my hands & knees,
with four degrees,
I re...
PHIL VOLATILE

Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of th...
PHIL CROSBY

A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.
PHIL MCGRAW

I'd been in college studying English creative writing and history when I made the decision to jo...
PHIL KLAY

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is...
PHIL DONAHUE

'Blasto' is a new game for Sony Playstation. It's an awesome three-dimensional game, and...
PHIL HARTMAN

In my old age, it's kind of funny - at night, what I like to do is watch TV when I go to sleep. ...
PHIL EVERLY

There's a wide spectrum between a Navy SEAL hero-killer and a traumatized victim, but those are ...
PHIL KLAY

I think that just because you've been through an experience doesn't make you the ultimate ar...
PHIL KLAY

As an OB-GYN physician, I understand the importance of protecting Americans from sexually transmitte...
PHIL GINGREY

I have bitten down or swallowed a few pellets through the years. My uncle had his appendix removed a...
PHIL ROBERTSON

Riding a bicycle is about getting back to basics. It's good for the waistline and it's good ...
PHIL KEOGHAN

Miss Child is never bashful with butter.
PHIL DONAHUE

Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player...
PHIL KNIGHT

It was about 5 years after I was baptized before the pull of sin finally stopped.
PHIL ROBERTSON

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are as much every U.S. citizen's wars as they are the veterans&...
PHIL KLAY

In my game, you get brokenhearted a bit. You do a play, get a bad review in the papers... actors are...
PHIL DANIELS

We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we did...
PHIL ROBERTSON

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I neve...
PHIL HARTMAN

I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remembe...
PHIL DONAHUE

We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other.
PHIL ROBERTSON

There's a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There's a big difference...
PHIL MCGRAW

If I were in politics, and if you ever get me in the White House, trust me, there's a big change...
PHIL ROBERTSON

I write in coffee shops, libraries, parks, museums. I get antsy and then get on my bike and go somep...
PHIL KLAY

I'm not anti-war. I served in a war, and I served proudly. But just or not, necessary or not, wa...
PHIL KLAY

I like people like Robert De Niro and Anthony Hopkins. And Gianfranco Zola, who played for Chelsea a...
PHIL DANIELS

In the Marine Corps, you meet this really broad segment of the country; you're working with peop...
PHIL KLAY

As the son of a Cuban refugee and cousin and nephew to many Cubans on the island, I cringe when Amer...
PHIL LORD

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
PHIL COLLINS

I think Pantera is a type of band that has been documented very, very well over the years. With the ...
PHIL ANSELMO

I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean ...
PHIL MCGRAW

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dolla...
PHIL DONAHUE

I think music is a big, big wide world, and I am voyager on this particular ship in this sea of wild...
PHIL ANSELMO

I don't believe in any Greatest Generation. I believe in great events. They sweep ordinary peopl...
PHIL KLAY

There's a tendency to look at anybody who joined the military as if they underwrote everything t...
PHIL KLAY

I picked ducks in a tub in my dorm room. I'd hang deer in the doorway between the bedroom and th...
PHIL ROBERTSON

Take it from a guy: If you're in love with somebody, you will swim the stream, you will climb th...
PHIL MCGRAW

I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.
PHIL COLLINS

I was proud to represent the 11th District of Georgia as a member of Congress for the past 12 years ...
PHIL GINGREY

Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically...
PHIL CROSBY

Two of the central ingredients to our family are food and faith, so sitting down together and thanki...
PHIL ROBERTSON

Spending on largely ineffective programs - although well intentioned - is a detriment to fostering r...
PHIL GINGREY

When the economy is difficult, people care a great deal about the things they spend their money on. ...
PHIL SCHILLER

Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.
PHIL MCGRAW

My acting career began when I walked into a drama school class run by Anna Scher in Islington. Anna ...
PHIL DANIELS

You have certain expressions when you write music, a lot of different emotions, a lot of different f...
PHIL ANSELMO

I'm generally not a fan of didactic art because it papers over many of the hard experiences abou...
PHIL KLAY

We have a tendency to think of war as this quasi-mystical thing, and that interpretation flattens th...
PHIL KLAY

Tastes are varied, man, so much in this music world. Look, I adore the bands that I adore. On the fl...
PHIL ANSELMO

I love music. I love every kind of extreme sort of music, and many different genres, and if I were t...
PHIL ANSELMO

For the life of me, I can't understand why BP couldn't go in at the ocean floor, maybe 10 fe...
PHIL GINGREY

Good access to a doctor and a drugstore when you first have a problem can avoid a lot of cost and he...
PHIL BREDESEN

You gotta look beyond the mainstream... the mainstream'll drown you, you know? There's alway...
PHIL ANSELMO

Hippies are lots of fun, as long as they are not involved in commerce.
PHIL MACNUTT

It is your people who make the ultimate difference. You put the investment into training the people...
PHIL DIXON

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
PHIL DONAHUE

There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken g...
PHIL MCGRAW

Probably would have been sitting on the bench with Connecticut. Who knows? That's just hypothetical stuff you can't even project. But it certainly is a talented team. The growth that he has had here, I think, has been a beneficial factor for him in his overall game.

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Probably would have been sitting on the bench with Connecticut. Who knows? That's just hypothetical stuff you can't even project. But it certainly is a talented team. The growth that he has had here, I think, has been a beneficial factor for him in his overall game.

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