Phil Jackson

"To inspire the players, I adapted a quote from Walt Whitman and taped it on their lockers before the first game of the playoffs, against the Miami Heat. 'Henceforth we seek not good fortune, we are ourselves good fortune'."

- Phil Jackson

"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."

- Phil Jackson

"The strength of the team is in each individual member…the strength of each member is the team."

- Phil Jackson

"Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We."

- Phil Jackson

"The strength of the team is each member. The strength of each member is the team."

- Phil Jackson

""The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.""

- Phil Jackson

"Every member of the team contributes to the overall team strength. The team benefits from the individual strength of each member."

- Phil Jackson

""The strength of the team is each member. The strength of each member is the team.""

- Phil Jackson

"The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more that way."

- Phil Jackson

"No one plays this or any game perfectly. It’s the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins."

- Phil Jackson

"Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength."

- Phil Jackson

"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."

- Phil Jackson

"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."

- Phil Jackson