“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.”
"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
Inspiration
"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."
- Phil Jackson
Teamwork
"The strength of the team is in each individual member…the strength of each member is the team."
- Phil Jackson
Teamwork
"Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We."
- Phil Jackson
Teamwork
"The strength of the team is each member. The strength of each member is the team."
- Phil Jackson
Teamwork
"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."
- Tony Robbins
Success
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
- Beverly Sills
Success
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
Success
"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."
- Florence Nightingale
Success
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."
- Vince Lombardi
Success