Phil Jackson played on or coached 13 teams that won a National Basketball Association championship. He is frequently referred to as the “Zen Master” (perhaps you saw the Audi television commercial) because he makes effective use of unconventional tactics to teach his players self-regulation through mindfulness. Currently he is the president of the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Here is a series of brief portions from Phil Jackson’s extended appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show during which he shares some of his thoughts and feelings about a range of subjects of greatest interest and importance to him. If you share my high regard for Jackson the man as well as NBA Hall of Famer, you will thoroughly enjoy these revealing portions of a very personal conversation. To watch them, please click here.