Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson is enjoying his retirement. But will he ever return to coach again? After all, he's come out of retirement to coach in the past. In a recent conversation with Bulls.com writer Sam Smith, Jackson was asked if he wants to coach again. He said "No." "I don't," Jackson added. "But that doesn't mean I won't. I don't think I'll coach again. I'd like to see if there's another side of basketball, perhaps. If I'm back in full (health) activity at a level I want to be active at, I may not even want to go back to coaching. "I may want to pick up where I wanted to go, maybe ride a motorcycle around the world, do something that's much different," he continued, musing about his own bucket list. "I don't think I'll ever run marathons. I don't think I'll ever be able to do that again. But have the kind of activity I'd like to do. Fly fish and still be able to do some of the things I'd like to do." So what's Jackson up to now? He's living in Los Angeles after spending the summer at his Montana home. He tells Smith that he's focused on getting healthy, possibly having his knee replaced soon, which has hinderd his mobility in recent years. Aside from that, Jackson said he's writing a book. "I'm going to write a book," Jackson said. "Kind of a sequel to Sacred Hoops, the book I wrote almost 20 years ago. I want to bring back some of the principles and what I believe in coaching and some of the things that happened in the years subsequent. "There were eight championships since I wrote that book," Jackson noted. "And every one had a specific kind of characteristic and overriding theme that goes into it, and I think that's a story worth telling. It's an interesting story, some of the things that have to be done to create a team and manage people and have success." "After that," Jackson said, "I don't know." Never say never, but it seems Jackson is content with being retired ... as a coach.
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