“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.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingPersonsLongI CanDealsProgressOne ThingComfortableErrorsPatientDownfallPatient Person Author:Phil Jackson
“For us tall people, the whole key is that your hips and your knees should form a right angle when you sit down. That's where backs and hips get to be problems for big guys.” PeopleShouldWholeProblemBigsFormGuyKeysHipsKneesTallAngleBig Guys Author:Phil Jackson
“I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing the ball in. You have to have a system that makes all things work.” PeopleThinkingWayStillsStandingAll ThingsBallsThrowingStanding There Author:Phil Jackson
“Coaching is about, "How do I get people to play at their peak level?" It is a spiritual quest. And if it's not that, you don't have a challenge, you don't have a mission. Forming a brotherhood and trying to move it forward - that's what coaching is.” PeopleIfsTryingPlaySpiritualMovingChallengesLevelsMissionsCoachingBrotherhoodQuests Author:Phil Jackson
“People think I would never take on a team that has no legitimate chance to win a championship, This is one of the major misconceptions about me. Success can be measured in many different ways. . . . Either way, I would find the challenge invigorating.” PeopleThinkingWayDifferentWinningChallengesChanceTeamMajorsDifferent WaysChampionshipMisconceptionInvigorating Book:The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul Source: The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul
“The best part of basketball, for those people on the inside, is the bus going to the airport after you've won a game on an opponent's floor. It's been a very tough battle. And preferably, in the playoffs. And that feeling that you have, together as a group, having gone to an opponent's floor and won a very good victory, is as about as high as you can get.” PeopleFeelingsTogetherGamesGoneGroupsVictoryBattleBasketballToughVery GoodOpponentsBusAirportsPlayoffs Author:Phil Jackson
“I probably would have no capability of absorbing a 60-defeat season as a coach. It would be a foreign experience. My whole career, even as a player, has been on winning basketball clubs and it just seems to have been a part of the make-up of what’s been given me. That’s what I’ve been given and that’s what I’ve had to deal with. Some people can make fun of it or some people can have a good time with it, or some people can resent it. It’s just what it is.” PeopleHas BeensWholeSeemsWould BeWinningGivenFunDealsCareersPlayerBasketballSeasonsDefeatClubsCoachesGood TimesCapabilityHaving A Good TimeResentAbsorbingWinning Basketball Author:Phil Jackson
“You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves” PeopleIfsWantNeedsForceInspireBasketballNba Book:Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success Source: Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
