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    <body><![CDATA[If you are into the NBA, and especially Phil Jackson, MJ, Scottie and Dennis Rodman... you will love this book. Even if you are not into basketball or don't get all freaky when the NBA Finals are on TV... this book may still be very interesting to you as Phil Jackson is more than just a basketball c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60074635">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i'm a big basketball fan.  i always though jackson was a punk for only going to situations with bonafide superstars (jordan/pipen, kobe/shaq)  i'm a hardcore pistons fan, so reading a book by a bulls and lakers coach was sacrilege.  i didn't realize how much i could take from this book... &quot;zen-...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58922277">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i have had this on the shelf for awhile.  i had to digest it at some point.  unfortunately there werent any really good questions in this book, but it was a good way for people that are all up in sports and have no time to consider alternative cultures to gateway into eastern religions.<br/><br/>a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70403842">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Having covered two Phil Jackson-coached teams, I'm not quite sure how much his players buy into the visualization exercises or read the books he passes out on road trips. But this book is the best articulation there is of another way in professional sports. It also weaves in stories about everything...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32407019">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[an artistic approach to competition. i wasn't blown away by phil jackson's personal journey, but i'm impressed with his spiritual (mind/body/soul) attempt with his players who may not have otherwise been so influenced to make those connections as athletes.   ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished this thoughtful book during my 4th of July trip, it was a book that came at the right time for me.  Phil Jackson, who just became the all time winning championship coach in the NBA, reflects on his teaching methods which involve the art of zen and buddhism.  If this guy can get Micha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58385720">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I first read this in college when I somehow compared Jackson's coaching philosophy to social theory for a sociology course. I re-read this as the NBA finals were approaching this year. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the mental aspect of this book. Jackson did a great job writing this from a coach's perspective and how he approaches his players.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[team work and hard work will lead u to success and a team that prays together,stays together and a team that walks apart,falls apart]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book on leadeship.  And I learned a bit about basketball.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting blend of zen and coaching strategy.  Fun rememberances of the championship Bulls.  Not great literature, but you wouldn't expect that from Phil Jackson now would you?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[it was ok not my favorite sports book]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reread this one on a mountain in NH. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Phil Jackson describes his basketball odyssey and how its latter stages have centered on buddhist concepts such as compassion and awareness.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[at only 16 or 17 years old, i remember reading this book and first being exposed to an american who integrates zen buddhism/spirituality with sports.  i'd always admired the beauty of chicago bull basketball, and i was excited to learn about phil's views on life and how he tried to instill those pri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2798303">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The book was somewhat interesting, particularly as an insight to how Phil Jackson uses a zen buddhism approach to his coaching. However, I didn't get too far into the book before it started collecting dust on a shelf, and I'm trying to get rid of a whole bunch of books...so it goes! Perhaps I'll pic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35835139">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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