445 Quotes by Phil Jackson

It's not going to be about Kobe getting 45 points a night. It's going to be about how are we going to use all the talents to do what we have to do to take a team apart.

We obviously need his defense at some level. It's good to have him back in the offense, but we weren't smooth with him in there offensively, though.

It's not exactly the way you want to have a team win a game, but when you have to win a game, it's great to have that weapon to be able to do that.

We were relying on Kobe and Kobe couldn't shoot the ball because of a hand injury. He was just reluctant to shoot.

That is what happens when teams play with desperation and the other team comes out and doesn't play at the same level. We just got beat to the ball too many times and they were active and aggressive. They beat us with the nature of the play.

There have been some things that have happened over the years that have been really special in my life, and this is one of them.

It's just about momentum. About picking up momentum. Usually there's one or two keys that go in a series and then it changes or flip-flops.

We're not looking for Kobe to score 50 or 30 or 80. We're just looking for it to fit together. We want players to blend their talents together.

It seemed like I was going to keep stopping the game until we got it right. It was slipping away from us.