“No one plays this or any game perfectly. It’s the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.”
"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
"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou
Resilience
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Resilience
"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."
- Michael Lopp
Resilience
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
- David Brinkley
Resilience
"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."
- Pete Cashmore
Resilience