I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.
I’m a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.
I will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo.
The bigger your head, the easier to fill your shoes.
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you’re doing.
Tomorrow gives a beck’ning hand – I turn my face away; I’ll not invite her to my home – I only love Today.
Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must step into the vacuum and drive the beat that sustains the team.
My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there.
I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.
I don’t believe in curfews, because you can’t treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust.
The road to freedom is a beautiful system.
Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to make things work.
Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there are three ways to do that. Pass, dribble and offensive rebound.
I’m not going to coach again. I’ve done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.
The problem with trading dominant players of that size is you never get in return what you’ve bargained away.
For us tall people, the whole key is that your hips and your knees should form a right angle when you sit down. That’s where backs and hips get to be problems for big guys.
I’m a patient person. I think that’s one thing that I feel comfortable I can deal with – the downfall and the errors, as long as I see progress and people trying.
Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little more time.
But trying to eliminate anger never works. The more you try to suppress it, the more likely it is to erupt later in a more virulent form. A better approach is to become as intimate as possible with how anger works on your mind and body so that you can transform its underlying energy into something productive.
Think lightly of yourself and think deeply of the world. MIYAMOTO MUSASHI.