Phil Jackson Quotes About Basketball

Quotes about: Basketball

• Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

  Phil Jackson

  Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Teamwork, Sports

• Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

  Phil Jackson

  Love, Inspirational, Basketball

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Real, Winning

• You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Nba, People

  Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty (2013). “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success”, p.16, Penguin

• Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

  Phil Jackson

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

• In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way. Of course, it's no accident that things are more likely to go your way when you stop worrying about whether you're going to win or lose and focus your full attention on what's happening right this moment.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Winning, True Joy

• In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Nba, True Joy

• The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Greatness, Nba

• Basketball is sharing.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Coaching, Basketball Coaching

• Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Team, Love Is

  "Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior: Spiritual Lessons as a Hardwood Warrior". Book by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty, 1995.

• The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

  Phil Jackson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

• Your problems never cease, they just change.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Problem, Cease

  "Phil Jackson: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. May 8, 2011.

• An acrobatic dunk will make it onto Sports Center. A simple, unspectacular bounce pass in the rhythm of the offense will not. System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Sports, Simple

  Phil Jackson (2005). “The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul”, Penguin Group USA

• Once you've done the mental work, there comes a point you have to throw yourself into the action and put your heart on the line. That means not only being brave, but being compassionate towards yourself, your teammates and your opponents.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Work, Heart

• Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Sports, Games

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game - and life - will take care of itself.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Heart, Games

• I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Soul, Mind

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Sports, Moving

• The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Winning, Way

• My dad always had this little sign on his desk: 'The bigger your head is, the easier your shoes are to fill'. He really drilled that in.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Motivation, Dad

  "Phil Jackson: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. May 8, 2011.

• Basketball is a great mystery. You can do everything right. You can have the perfect mix of talent and the best system of offense in the game. You can devise a foolproof defensive strategy and prepare your players for every possible eventuality. But if the players don’t have a sense of oneness as a group, your efforts won’t pay off. And the bond that unites a team can be so fragile, so elusive.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Team, Player

  Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty (2013). “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success”, p.84, Penguin

• I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Believe, Player

• Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there are three ways to do that. Pass, dribble and offensive rebound.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Simple, Nba

  "Phil Jackson talks Lakers, his future, Dwight Howard, more". Interview with Jack McCallum, www.si.com. February 19, 2013.

• My philosophy is that you can't motivate players with speeches, you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in and those are the guys that are competitive. You cannot teach competitiveness.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Philosophy, Player

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