Phil Jackson Quotes
I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.
I'm not railing, 'This is inadequate' or 'This isn't right.' Just show me what will work.
I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.
Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to make things work.
My job as a coach was to make something meaningful out of one of the most mundane activities on the planet: playing pro basketball.
The best thing that I think happened to me was I got the opportunity to have really good players and we were able to meet the demand of the competition. And I think that's what I value most.
My accountant tells me I can't be a California resident anymore. I spend too much of my time in New York.
Tomorrow gives a beck'ning hand-- I turn my face away; I'll not invite her to my home-- I only love Today.
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.
