Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jacksonis an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, currently serving as president of the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association. Jackson was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 until 1998, during which Chicago won six NBA championships. His next team, the Los Angeles Lakers, won five championships from 2000 until 2010. In total, Jackson has won 11 NBA titles as a coach, surpassing the previous record of nine set...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 September 1945
CityDeer Lodge, MT
CountryUnited States of America
I've seen some remarkable games but I've never seen anything like that before. It's just a personal challenge for him to attack the whole team. It was not exactly the way you want to win a game, but when you have to win a game, it's great to have that weapon to be able to do it. We rode the hot the hand.
The toilets are flushing great in the locker room.
We can't feel sorry for ourselves. That's the great thing about basketball, you have to go out there and play another game. We're just going to have to bounce back.
We have teams pressing us. We have teams that are almost in the same situation as we are. It would be great for us to step ahead of them and up the ladder in our standings.
It was a nice win for us, a game that we shot the ball well. They just kept coming back and found a way to get back in the game with various plays. It was a great game to watch as a fan.
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.
It was a really nice game. He did a lot of things well for us tonight. He has been saying he has been getting more comfortable playing in the offense. We asked him to do a variety of things, and that sparked his game tonight. His rebounding has been a great asset for us.
It's all about developing an atmosphere where players want to support and help each other. You want a nurturing place where they feel they can make mistakes, ... Philadelphia's got one of the great passers for a big man in Webber. And one of the great players as far as scoring guards in Allen. Certainly, that should give them some momentum to work with as they go through the year.
Yao was great (Sunday). He was posting up and hitting those shots. He's in great shape now, probably the best shape I've seen him in since he's been playing in the NBA.
My father was a man who didn't consider himself learned. He was a man who liked to be a farmer. He enjoyed his dairy farm and felt the calling. So there was a dedication. I was dedicated as a child to the service of God, and so there was this continual centering of a greater purpose than your own.
You saw the apparent schizophrenia of these teams. They play great for a while and then they have trouble operating. What you see is young teams learning to play a consistent game. No quality in the direction of their discipline.
Kwame did a great job in a lot of aspects of the game.
He's had a great year this year. I wanted him to have an opportunity to be on the playoff roster and be successful.
He was a great student and a really fine leader on the basketball court. He directed a lot of what happened, he was very much one of the reasons why we were successful over those six championships.