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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 System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.

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 System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.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

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

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 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.

I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.

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

Basketball is sharing.

Phil Jackson
Basketball, Coaching, Basketball Coaching

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

Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must step into the vacuum and drive the beat that sustains the team.

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

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