“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.”
"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
"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
- Henry David Thoreau
Mindfulness
"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."
- Anon
Mindfulness
"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."
- Kai Greene
Mindfulness
"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."
- Unknown
Mindfulness
"Your limits are all in your mind."
- Unknown
Mindfulness