Phil Jackson Quotes

I think there's something about wanting to stand in the spotlight. I think the ball is a spotlight, for example, and I think they want to stand in that. I a lot of times see - LeBron is a guy that vacillates between wanting to do that and then wanting to get somebody else involved.

Phil Jackson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: coach
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 17, 1945

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I was pleasantly surprised with 'Salvage.' I went to Australia and New Zealand for the novel and met a lot of people who had experienced the earthquakes in Christchurch. They responded very strongly to the book because they had been through these natural disasters and were trying to figure out how to rebuild.

Jesmyn Ward

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It's arguable whether a hit song is gonna add to the business a film does. There are plenty of films that didn't do any business and sold a million albums.

John Hughes

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I don't like writing - it's so difficult to say what you mean. It's much easier to edit other people's writing and help them say what they mean.

Robert Gottlieb

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The idea of having no responsibilities except general edification seems like such a luxury now. When I had it, all I wanted to do was hack around on the Web. Now the vast majority of my hours are hacking around on the Web.

Matt Mullenweg

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I'm basically drawn to defeated, injured, hurt, barely walking characters.

Steven Shainberg

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I thought 'Twinkies' was just a word for 'cookies,' not a specific thing. They kind of scare me a little bit because they last forever.

Tove Lo

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It is possible that strong levels of belief in God, gods, spirits or the supernatural might have given our ancestors considerable comforts and advantages.

Robert Winston

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We're dream chasers. Nobody owes us our dream. But we have to chase it.

Michael Rispoli

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I work every day hard. I put my body through hell. Let me tell you, every year, seven months of the year, I don't see my family. Year in, year out. I miss my kids. Kid's birthdays, anniversaries. I'll never be able to go back and be with my family.

Mo Farah

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When I was a kid, I had to fight for everything.

Luis Suarez

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I wonder if those people shown protesting the deployment of nuclear weapons to western Europe during the Reagan era are feeling appropriately stupid today. 'Please don't take away our precious Soviet Union! - We demand the annihilation of all life on Earth!'

Craig Bruce

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My father is a very skilled carpenter. He can do just about anything with his hands. He is very artistic with his carpentry.

Coy Bowles

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