Rick Pitino Quotes
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Live in the precious present.
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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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I try not to get too low. I fight adversity as hard as I can fight it, not to get too low. When good things happen, I don't really embrace it. I just say it's a lucky day.
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Passion and hunger are the two ingredients that I look for in first making the judgment on - whether an athlete, an assistant coach, or a horse trainer or anybody I do business with.
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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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Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.
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Why don't we just go to New York and we'll see you there?
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Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.
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I learned quickly that motivating people would be the most important responsibility of my career.
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The bone's 6 inches out of his leg and all he's yelling is, 'Win the game, win the game.' I've not seen that in my life. Pretty special young man. I don't think we could have gathered ourselves - I know I couldn't have - if Kevin didn't say over and over again, 'Just go win the game,' I don't think we could have gone in the locker room with a loss after seeing that. We had to gather ourselves. We couldn't lose this game for him. We just couldn't.
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If I had one regret in life... it's that I was not more humble at an earlier age.
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Postponing action is only postponing achievement.
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The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If you are losing and you try to be tough, you're asking for dissension.
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The whole NIT we're playing great defense, that's what we're trying to stress. We talked about, we can't hang our heads because we had injuries, we can't hang our heads because we're young. If you can head to the NIT Final Four, it means you're playing good basketball.
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Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself.
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The term 'overachiever' sort of makes it look like the person has mediocre talent and he just works so hard that he achieves beyond what you would think. 'Overachiever' is sort of a - it's sort of an incorrect term. An overachiever is someone that's just willing to pay the price to get so much more out of his performance.
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Success is determined by your daily choices and habits.
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Working hard is not always fun - that's why it is called work.
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All good things have to come to an end, and the male cheerleader has come to an end.
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Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.
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You are trying not only to reach your potential but to move beyond it. If you are not in the best shape you can be, these things simply become more difficult to achieve.
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He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.
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Long term success is a direct result of what you achieve everyday. Goals provide your daily routine.
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I actually think if you have a strong junior class, that's the best possible scenario. In their senior year, guys who are on the threshold of making it to the NBA start getting preoccupied in their thoughts elsewhere more than concerning themselves with the present. The junior class is the perfect age.