Rick Pitino Quotes
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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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I never thought that shoes would be the reason that you recruit players, but it's a factor. I think we need to get the shoe companies out of the lives of the athletes. I think we need to get it back to where parents and coaches have more of a say than peripheral people, but that's easier said than done.
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Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it.
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With seven new players, we're never going to have an experienced lineup. This is who we are. We're a very young and inexperienced basketball team. But they're willing to play hard.
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Doubt is one of the main paths on the highway to failure.
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What I wanted to see was, were we proud of being in the NIT? We worked our tails off.
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Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.
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Set higher standards for you own performance than anyone around you, and it won't matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won't matter whether the competition is pushing you hard, because you'll be competing with yourself.
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This group is inexperienced, but once they start practicing together more, I think the sky is the limit to how good they can become. We've won all our games not because of who we played but because we've played them all at home. It will be interesting to see how they handle going into this environment.
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I think they'll come back because they should. One more year and they'll be ready for the next level.
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We've accomplished what we've wanted to accomplish, record-wise. But we're nowhere near where we should be or where we ought to be.
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I've never beaten a team that played that well. This is the gutsiest, most phenomenally tough group that I've ever been around.
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You have to come away with the victory. You can't play this well and come away with a loss.
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We've got to stop Gray inside. Padgett really played well against him and Brian and Terrance aren't the offensive threat David is, so we're going to have to get a good game out of Palacios and our two centers just to contain Gray.
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The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.
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We just wanted to lock down defensively. We made great defensive plays down the stretch. Inexperienced teams find a way to lose, tonight we found a way to win.
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I plan to coach at University of Louisville for as long as I can maintain the passion I have for the game of basketball. I don't want to coach anywhere else. I don't believe in anything else as much as I believe in this university and this state. I want to coach as long as they will have me.
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I care what people think, but it doesn't change my opinion of how to do things.
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I've tried to talk to him about it. He's not playing with Francisco, Larry (O'Bannon) and Ellis. And they know every little move that each other makes. He's playing with all new people. They don't know each other. He's got to let the game come to him and trust his teammates. And the more he goes inside to (center) David (Padgett) the more open shots he's going to get.
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He tried to go in the second half but could not go. I don't think it's anything serious. I'm not sure what it is.
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Tackle the difficult things first in the morning; make changes in the way you network. Treat everyone with respect and dignity. This stops you from cynicism and negativity. End your day with that same attitude you started. Renew your contract with a day well completed.
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We've never been a Top 20 team, at least not yet. Don't get carried away with beating Louisville. Any win in the Big East is great, but I wouldn't use it as a barometer.
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I'd tell any coach not to move for money... Stay at your job if you're really happy.
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It's a big hindrance. If we were playing in the Maui Classic, we'd be in seriously bad shape. But we're not. We're starting at home. We think we can withstand these injuries.