Phil Jackson Quotes About Coaches

Quotes about: Coaches

• A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly.

  Phil Jackson

  Softball, Baseball, Jobs

• And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to lose control of your emotions. What’s more, obsessing about winning is a loser’s game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.

  Phil Jackson

  Letting Go, Fun, Winning

  Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty (2013). “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success”, p.23, Penguin

• My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there.

  Phil Jackson

  Motivational, Sports, Team

• I won't coach this team next year if he is still here. He won't listen to anyone. I've had it with this kid.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Team, Kids

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

• I don't believe in curfews, because you can't treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust.

  Phil Jackson

  Believe, Boys, Men

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

  Phil Jackson

  Thinking, Coaching, Done

• Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little more time.

  Phil Jackson

  Opportunity, Play, Roles

  "Phil Jackson Q&A: 'Jesus could probably coach' Lakers". Interview with Sam Amick, www.usatoday.com. March 2, 2014.

• I think the most rewarding part of the job, and I think most coaches would say it, is practice. If you have it, a very good practice in which you have 12 guys participate, and they can really get something out of it, lose themselves in practice.

  Phil Jackson

  Jobs, Thinking, Practice

• I know what it takes to be a coach. I've gone through that. I think I came up short my last season. Lots of things were happening physically to me, and emotionally, perhaps mentally, too. I thought it was time to tend to more important things, like health and like family. I still enjoy that, and I don't think I have any need to go back to coach.

  Phil Jackson

  Thinking, Important, Enjoy

  Source: onlyagame.wbur.org

• I probably would have no capability of absorbing a 60-defeat season as a coach. It would be a foreign experience. My whole career, even as a player, has been on winning basketball clubs and it just seems to have been a part of the make-up of what’s been given me. That’s what I’ve been given and that’s what I’ve had to deal with. Some people can make fun of it or some people can have a good time with it, or some people can resent it. It’s just what it is.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Fun, Winning

• My job as a coach was to make something meaningful out of one of the most mundane activities on the planet: playing pro basketball.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Meaningful, Mundane

  Source: onlyagame.wbur.org

• Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is no greater authority figure on a team than the coach. Needless to say, in today's warped, self-indulgent climate, too many players couldn't care less about appeasing the coach.

  Phil Jackson

  Team, Player, Nba

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