445 Quotes by Phil Jackson

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

Tomorrow gives a beck’ning hand – I turn my face away; I’ll not invite her to my home – I only love Today.

If we can accept whatever hand we’ve been dealt – no matter how unwelcome – the way to proceed eventually becomes clear.

Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn’t necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.

I’m a patient person. I think that’s one thing that I feel comfortable I can deal with – the downfall and the errors, as long as I see progress and people trying.

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

Management guru Stephen Covey tells this old Japanese tale about a samurai warrior and his three sons: The samurai wanted to teach his sons about the power of teamwork. So he gave each of them an arrow and asked them to break it. No problem. Each son did it easily. Then the samurai gave them a bundle of three arrows bound together and asked them to repeat the process. But none of them could. “That’s your lesson,” the samurai said. “If you three stick together, you will never be defeated.

The way you do anything is the way you do everything. TOM WAITS.

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.