“I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.” Quote by Phil Jackson
“Kobe was hell-bent on surpassing Jordan as the greatest player in the game. His obsession with Michael was striking. When we played in Chicago that season, I orchestrated a meeting between the two of them, thinking that Michael might help shift Kobe’s attitude toward selfless teamwork. After they shook hands, the first words out of Kobe’s mouth were, ‘You know I can kick your ass one on one.’” ThinkingKnowsFirstsI CanTwoHelpingHandsMightGamesAttitudeHellPlayerMouthsSeasonsMeetingsObsessionAssKicksTeamworkChicagoSelflessBentJordanOne On OneSurpassing Author:Phil Jackson
“The most DIFFICULT thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much EASIER to be selfish.” IndividualDifficultSacrificeTeamEasierSelfishDifficult ThingsBeing Selfish Author:Pat Riley
“If some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by overproducing children, and if the need is compelling, they can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility — just as they can be required to exercise responsibility in their resource-consumption patterns — providing they are not denied equal protection” IfsNeedsChildrenLawIndividualSocialResponsibilityExerciseEqualResourcesPatternsProtectionDeniedProvidingCompellingConsumptionDeteriorationEqual Protection Author:John Holdren
“A massive campaign must be launched to de-develop the United States… [we] must design a stable, low-consumption economy.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesEconomyDesignLowsCampaignsMassiveStableConsumption Author:John Holdren
“Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs), in order to approach a decent and ecologically sustainable standard of living for all in between. By de-development we mean lower per-capita energy consumption, fewer gadgets, and the abolition of planned obsolescence.” MeanCountryOrderEnergyPathDevelopmentApproachStandardsRationalDecentFewerConsumptionAbolitionStandards Of LivingGadgetsSimultaneousObsolescenceUnderdeveloped CountriesEnergy ConsumptionPlanned Obsolescence Author:John Holdren
“The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge. They must design a stable, low-consumption economy in which there is a much more equitable distribution of wealth than in the present one. Redistribution of wealth both within and among nations is absolutely essential if a decent life is to be provided for every human being.” IfsNeedsHumansLife IsNationsChallengesWealthHuman BeingsEconomyDesignDevelopmentEssentialsMajorsLowsDecentStableConsumptionEconomistDistributionEquitableDistribution Of WealthRedistribution Of WealthDecent Life Author:John Holdren
“Gnosis is lived upon facts, withers away in abstractions, and is difficult to find even in the noblest of thoughts.” FactsDifficultAbstractionGnosis Author:Samael Aun Weor
“It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart.” GivingHeartGiven Author:Sargent Shriver
“Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.” PeopleEasyDifficultCreativeBe Creative Author:John Cleese
“Healing does not come through intense affirmation of divinity, or by simply pouring out love and the expression of a vague mysticism.It comes through mastering an exact science of contact, impression, of invocation plus an understanding of the subtle apparatus of the etheric vehicle.” DoeUnderstandingHealingExpressionImpressionIntenseContactDivinitySubtleMysticismPlusVehicleVagueAffirmationPouringExact SciencesInvocation Author:Alice Bailey