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Phil Jackson

There’s a lot of chatter in basketball and, rightfully, you want players to be talking to each other… But sometimes in practice, it gets too verbose… so I tried to take things out of the ordinary and make them special so they’d understand the difference.

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

My father was a man who didn’t consider himself learned. He was a man who liked to be a farmer. He enjoyed his dairy farm and felt the calling. So there was a dedication. I was dedicated as a child to the service of God, and so there was this continual centering of a greater purpose than your own.

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

My mother’s families were Mennonites or Anabaptists that came to Minnesota from Russia. They were actually moving around Europe doing diking and lowland reclamation work, and they moved into Minnesota.

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

My parents were, had a marriage of passion, and the passion was about their religious beliefs. They were both immigrant families that – well, my father’s family came as Puritans to Massachusetts.

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

I think there’s something about wanting to stand in the spotlight. I think the ball is a spotlight, for example, and I think they want to stand in that. I a lot of times see – LeBron is a guy that vacillates between wanting to do that and then wanting to get somebody else involved.

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

I replaced three joints in my hips and one in my knee. I’m hoping that other knee doesn’t have to be done. It’s one of the toughest things to overcome.

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

The winter’s a little bit daunting in Montana.

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

When I was young, I was dedicated to become a minister – my brothers and I were formally brought in front of the congregation in a dedication ceremony, where we were dedicated to the future service of God.

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

I’m not going to coach again. I’ve done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

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

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson

You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.

– Phil Jackson

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