The best Quotes by Phil Jackson

The best Quotes by Phil Jackson

Philip Douglas Jackson (born September 17, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive. A power forward, Jackson played 12 seasons in the NBA, winning NBA championships with the New York Knicks in 1970 and 1973. Jackson was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 to 1998, leading them to six NBA championships. He then coached the Los Angeles Lakers from 1999 to 2004 and again from 2005 to 2011.

It's a great run, we'd had a wonderful time. Good Team. Time to go.

The Last Dance - Episode 10

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Quotes about Phil Jackson

You got the great Michael Jordan, the great Scottie Pippen, the great Phil Jackson. But if you take me away from this team, do they still win a championship? I don't think so. I love Michael Jordan to death. I love Scottie Pippen, all these guys. But they really don't do the things that I do.

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We went from a shitty team to one of the all-time best dynasties. All you needed was one little match to start that whole fire.

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There are certain sports figures who become a larger cultural force. Michael Jordan and the Bulls changed the culture.

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Michael Jordan: "I'mma slide a ring on your hand tonight, Tex. That's all you need to know."

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Sports are like a gunfight and we lost to the fastest gun.

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When you see your leader working extremely hard in practice, you feel like, "man, if I don't give it my all, I shouldn't be here."

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I'll play the game for free, but you get paid for the bullshit after you leave the floor.

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I think it's just God disguised as Michael Jordan.

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Yes, I think the '96 Bulls are the greatest of all time. I think the 72-10 record speaks for itself and the fact that we were able to cap it off with a championship.

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Welcome to Rose University; class is in session!

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I'm truly blessed. Everything has just been like a dream come true. This just tops it off - I'm playing at the highest level of basketball and it's in my hometown. I really can't believe it right now.

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There's no debate. Pau, when he retires, he will have his number in the rafters next to mine.

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Jerry West really helped a lot, and so did players like Magic Johnson. That's why, at the end of my career, I wanted to finish my career with the Lakers.

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I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.

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Now LA has a God and a King!
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Sacramento, I won't stay. But I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May.

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Most places would call it a crippling snowstorm. In Montana, we call it Tuesday.

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This city is louder than a field of Montana grasshoppers. Y'know, the ones bigger than your thumb?

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Montana girls - the kind of girl you can take home to meet your mom, but can outdrink your dad.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Montana - and that's pretty much the same thing.

I don't rate Heat fans like I rate Knicks fans. We are true basketball fans. No matter what - rain, sleet or snow, or even if we don't make it to the playoffs for 10 years - the Garden stands are still full.

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All the teams in the NBA will not be playing basketball on Election Day. And the Knicks were like, "Oh, no problem we don't play basketball every day, that's just what we do."

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The house still passed a gun-control bill. The only problem is that everyone already knows that it has zero chance of passing in the senate. Which has got to be rough for the house. You work so hard on something that you know is going to lose. They're like the New York Knicks of legislation.

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This was on my vision board. To run out there and be hitting game winners, getting the fans riled up. When they're stomping on the floor yelling "New York Knicks" - that's a great feeling.

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Samantha: "I don't get laid, unless the Knicks win. Can I just say? They and I have been on a very long losing streak."
Carrie: "That's awful."
Samantha: "No kidding. The Knicks are the only ones getting screwed!"

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I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

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I felt like calling attention to AIDS. I had the AIDS ribbon colored into my hair during the playoffs in '95.

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As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want.

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They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.

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I stand with those who are calling out the ingrained racism and violence toward people of color in our country. We have had enough.

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Phil, you let this dude [Dennis Rodman] go to vacation, we not gonna see him. You let him go to Vegas, we definitely not gonna see him.

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I loved Kobe - he was like a little brother to me. Words can't describe the pain I'm feeling.

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Most of basketball is in the mind. But it helps to have big hands.

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Being the youngest of twelve kids and having your underwear handed down teaches you how to share.

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I'm walking away from the troubles in my life
I'm walking away, oh, to find a better day

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Walking & Going

Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.

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Not quite but I appreciated his hoops knowledge…

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You guys are better people than players - that means a lot!

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You're only concerned if you know you don't have it. We have it.

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My kids are older now. They're kinda upset with me. They're not really upset, but they don't understand. I tell them all the time: "We" ain't rich. "I'm" rich.

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I want to become one of the best players, so if you want to be one the best, you have to elevate all aspects of your game.

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I learn from my mistakes. I did something stupid, and I'm just looking forward to the future.

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Sky is the limit for her and what she can do on the court, in terms of her impact in the game but also the court as well... It's been fun to watch her journey.

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If you start deporting every shady looking guy with questionable tattoos, who's gonna go to Jets games?

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