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it teaches men not to admit their ache, like the pain of an amputee, for the lost parts of themselves.
I Don't Want to Talk About It
Terrence Real
We didn’t talk much about the triangle offense. And besides, it would be a huge waste to get time with Phil and use it to just geek out on nuts-and-bolts basketball. I’d ask him a question and he would circle the house for an hour before he got to an answer—but everything in between was well worth the time. As a lot of people know, Phil is spiritual. He grew up in a strict Pentecostal household—his dad was a minister—and as an adult he has been attracted to Eastern faiths and Native American religious practices. (His best-known book is Sacred Hoops.) He wrote that the team area of the Bulls’ training site was where “the spirit of the team takes form” and was a “holy sanctuary. The place where the players and the coaches come together and prepare our hearts and minds for battle.” In the time I spent with him in Montana, Phil, true to form, often mixed earthly basketball wisdom with something akin to spiritual guidance. What I took as his message was that lots of stuff was in my control as a coach, but that if I did not handle things correctly, heavenly forces would make sure I paid a price. He cautioned me that I always had to put the needs of the group first—before myself or any individual. “First and foremost, don’t underestimate the basketball gods,” he said as we sat out on his deck one of those evenings. “What do I mean by that? Here’s what I mean. You’ve been hired to make every decision that’s best for the team. If you don’t do that, you’re going to run into some godly problems.” Another thing that he left me with was his advice on my interactions with players. There were times I’d need to be tough and raise my voice—and others when I’d have to be more like a gentle parent. “I want you to imagine you got a sword in your hand,” he said. “You have one end that’s really sharp. You’re going to need to use that to prod them and get on their asses and motivate them and push them further. But every now and then, I want you to look at the handle of the sword. And that’s going to represent compassion. You’re going to have to understand where they’ve come from and what they’re going through at the moment.”
Rapture
Nick Nurse and Phil Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke eloquently about this phenomenon. “In a real sense, all of life is interrelated,” he said. “All persons are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.”
Eleven Rings
Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty
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