445 Quotes by Phil Jackson

We stumbled and fumbled around out there for three quarters.

I'm not trying to find answers anymore. I'm trying to live what I know.

He said he wasn't ready to come out. But then he sat down for a while, came back, and made a shot like that. We wanted him to rest his legs. Your legs can suffer when you take as many shots as he does.

If you have a clear mind . . . you won't have to search for direction. Direction will come to you.

He's been under five systems in as many years, ... I expect it's going to take some time.

Coaching is about, "How do I get people to play at their peak level?" It is a spiritual quest. And if it's not that, you don't have a challenge, you don't have a mission. Forming a brotherhood and trying to move it forward - that's what coaching is.

He's at the end of the bench. Right now, we have to win games. That's our No. 1 priority.

He's hired former NBA referees to monitor the game tapes. He sends out a weekly report on the referees. There's some things that Mark has done to turn it a little bit in his favor. That's good.

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.