List of Phil Jackson Quotes

I Played Hockey In North Dakota Growing Up And Watch A Lot Of That.

I Expect A Cigar.....not Lit, Hopefully

Not Everyone Has A Purpose.

I'm A Sports-watcher. I Played Football And Baseball, Coached Baseball. So I Watch Those Things.

Pau Is One Of The Best Big Men In The Game. I Mean, Pau Gasol Is Going To Be In The Hall Of Fame.

My Accountant Tells Me I Can't Be A California Resident Anymore. I Spend Too Much Of My Time In New York.

The Best Thing That I Think Happened To Me Was I Got The Opportunity To Have Really Good Players And We Were Able To Meet The Demand Of The Competition. And I Think That's What I Value Most.

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.

Everybody Has An Opportunity To Play A Role, A Playmaking Role, So It Makes It Harder To Coach. It Takes A Little More Time.

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.

The Bigger Your Head, The Easier To Fill Your Shoes.

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.