er story on Jackson, they took part in "group meditations and pregame 'nap time'" (84). Not to mention poetry and assigned books (83). These things may sound odd but as one of the beliefs of Zen says, "Don't get caught up in only one way of doing things; and don't look at things from just one point of view. If you try another way, or change your point of view, the results will always be different" (Chung, 99). Jackson definitely looks at and coaches basketball from a different point of view then most coaches, and his outcome with the Bulls was definitely different.
             Speaking on the art of coaching on page 79-80 of his book Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior Jackson explains that,
             "One of the main jobs of a coach is to reawaken that spirit so that the players can blend together effortlessly. It's often an uphill fight. The ego-driven culture of basketball, and society in general, militates against cultivating this kind of selfless action, even for members of a team whose success as individuals in tied directly to the group performance. Our society places such a high premium on individual achievement, it's easy for players to get blinded by their own self-importance and lose a sense of interconnectedness, the essence of teamwork."
             In this passage Jackson incorporates some ve
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