Rick Pitino Quotes
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Make incremental progress, change comes not by the yard, but by the inch.
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I think I do regret leaving Kentucky because I took over a team with 15 wins banking everything on the Tim Duncan lottery, and once we didn't get Tim Duncan, I realized that leaving Kentucky was not a good move.
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This is a very difficult conference. I don't think anyone in Louisville besides me knew that. Now they all know.
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Nobody we've played this season, ... has come with this much size, this much talent and this much experience. North Carolina and Georgia Tech probably have the most overall talent. Now that they're healthy, they're probably believing they can do it.
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I give myself 24 hours after a loss. After that, I'm totally on to the next game. But for 24 hours, I'm not a happy man.
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Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender.
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Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.
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It's my wedding night, and we're in a posh New York City hotel ready to ... you know ... when I get a call. It's Jim, and he's down in the lobby and he wants to meet with me. He tells me there's this kid named Louie Orr in Cincinnati that we just have to land, and he says he needs me to get there and seal the deal. I tell him, 'Jim, it's my wedding night.' He was single at the time and totally consumed with basketball, so I guess he didn't understand.
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I'm extremely proud. We talked this morning and everything he said he wanted this team to do, it's done. It's really amazing to see.
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Never let anyone out work you or out hustle you. Ever.
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Inferior guards play on the sidelines and great guards play in the middle. Isiah, Magic, Chris Paul, all get to the middle.
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This is the most disappointing preseason I've experienced in a long time. We'll look for the silver lining, and when I can find it, I'll let everyone know.
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He's not 100 percent. First it's the ankle, now it's leg cramps. He's been a little unlucky this year.
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I loved going to the Knicks because we won the Atlantic Division championship. We went from winning 21 games or 19 games to winning 52 games in a short period of time. I loved coaching Patrick Ewing and Charles Oakley and all those guys.
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Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.
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He's playing on one leg. We're a banged-up team, a young team. Our backs are to the wall a little bit in this league.
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A lot of people always use the term, 'I'm so blessed.' Most of it they believe is true.
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I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing players, it's about having fun. That's a void in your life right now, but it's something you're going to have here.
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Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over.
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Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it.
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They are tough, they get after you. They have quick hands and are hard-nosed. They drive so much and draw fouls. I am impressed with them. They have the toughness to compete in the Big East. They are tough guys.
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Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself.
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Ego is the greatest killer of one's potential.
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I don't think anyone in Louisville knew how tough the Big East and Villanova was before tonight; now they all know. Villanova was just a better basketball team.