Phil Jackson Quotes on Time (18 Quotes)

I'll just say that hopefully they've drained the mud out of the building, and the termites aren't going to eat the buildings away in between the time we get down there. They made a good judgment probably to get this back in, and that's the important thing about it.

I'm not going to weigh in on that one. I think that water is a little deep. I think that he measures himself against a season. I've always given him credit for that and he knows what the end-goal is. He's got a tremendous amount of pride and I anticipate that's a process that he's going through. He'll be there when playoffs are going and he'll probably be at his peak at that time.

It's great. But it's all about those teams that won it, ... I've got a mentor in assistant coach Tex Winter. He says, 'You're only a success at the time you perform a successful task. After that, you can't get a cup of coffee on it.'

I've seen a few 60-point ballgames in my time, but none of them had been done by the third quarter. His 30-point third quarter was incredible.

I have to allow his judgment. He felt like he could do that at that time.

We've had a couple momentum shifts throughout the course of the year, and this is what we've been talking about as a group - we want to build the momentum, because now is the time to do it. We've shown signs of this - the Houston game at the end of the road trip.

I think that Shaq measures himself against a season. I've always given him credit for that. He knows what the end goal is, and he's got a tremendous amount of pride. He'll be there when the playoffs are going, and he's going to be probably at his peak at that time.

I told the guys at halftime, they had their nap in the first half, now it's time to play. And you saw what happened. We slept almost all the way through the third quarter.

I'm staying away from basketball now to see how much I miss it and how big an influence it's going to be in my life. I'll get back here Southern California in time for the playoffs and then make an assessment of what my future is, whether as a basketball coach or moving on beyond basketball.

He's been under five systems in as many years, ... I expect it's going to take some time.

We definitely want to make the playoffs -- that's a goal for us. We won't know how far we can go in the playoffs for a long time. To make the playoffs is a goal we think we can accomplish. This is going to be a process. You're not going to see a finished product for a while.

It was quite an exhibition for three quarters Kobe put on tonight. I've seen a few 60-point ballgames in my time, but none of them had been done by the third quarter.

He is still a long ways from being smooth in what we anticipate will be a system that he'll take to and enjoy, ... It's going to take him a while, as it will everybody, especially a guy who's a lead guard in a situation like that. It takes some time.

It was designed for him (Bryant) to catch the ball and find what he could find available. I have to give him credit that he can shoot that shot. I have to allow his judgment to be so he felt like he could do that at the time. I wanted him to penetrate.

There's plenty of time to look at this for a while until either he shows improvement or else we go back to more of a basic offensive standard ... and take that guard responsibility away. Move him into a forward place where he can make plays and he can still be a participant in the offense.

I thought we were despondent when we came out of that regular time, going into overtime and played like it the first three minutes, but we found some energy at the end.

This trip, you've got to do a lot of PR work for the league, pump up that Miami game on Christmas Day because they're asking you to do this all the time. And don't forget, Orlando is just as important in the win-loss column.

It's not something that I have to do tomorrow or next week. I feel real comfortable just taking my time.