Phil Jackson People Quotations

You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.

For us tall people, the whole key is that your hips and your knees should form a right angle when you sit down. That's where backs and hips get to be problems for big guys.

Kobe played a game in which he really controlled the offense from his position. He really doesn't play guard very often. We had people open because he got double-teamed. In the first half, Cook hit his shots.

I've talked to other players that were there, but that was played in like complete silence. I guess there was a radio announcer there, but there was nothing else that you could even document it. People don't even know if they had a backboard or nets.

After a game like he had yesterday, I told his people I'm surprised he didn't name his child Victoria because this had to be one special day for this kid.

This goes along with who we are as a society. Somebody does something exceptional, people are looking for ways to denigrate them.

There really is something nice about it as far as energizing this team. This team has some deadbeats on it, anyway, and the coach is one of them. It's good to have some people out there that are enthusiastic about the game.

In this society, we never give people a chance to come back to grace.

I am pleased with Kobe and how he controlled the offense. We had people open because they were doubling him and that got some people open and we found them.

I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing the ball in. You have to have a system that makes all things work.

You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves