Rick Pitino Quotes

United States, Basketball Coach
September 18, 1952

Richard Andrew Pitino (born September 18, 1952) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He has been the head coach of several teams in NCAA Division I and in the NBA, including Boston University (1978–1983), Providence College (1985–1987), the New York Knicks (1987–1989), the University of Kentucky (1989–1997), the Boston Celtics (1997–2001) and the University of Louisville (2001–2017).

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

Rick Pitino
At Boston University, I motivated negatively, and I found that although it can work at first, by the end of the year everyone is dying for the year to end and you have lost them. The last two years at BU, I motivated positively and got much better results.

Rick Pitino

When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of your future.

Rick Pitino
- Truth
- Problem
- Lie
Football is only once a week. NASCAR is once a week. Those sports are insanely popular. Horse racing is oversaturated. Unless tracks cut back to three days a week of full fields, a lot of people will really hurt down the road. Horse racing, to survive, has to go to that. Let's face it: Churchill Downs only does well on Derby Week.

Rick Pitino
- Football
- Sports
- Racing
They're going to have to get a coach as good as Bob Huggins, and that's not easy to find. But if they can attract someone of the caliber of Bob Huggins, they can certainly continue.

Rick Pitino
- Find
- Coach
- Bob Huggins
I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little.

Rick Pitino
- Money
- Happiness
- Learned
If you go to the NIT and win a championship, that is special. That's the way we're looking at this.

Rick Pitino
- Win
- Championship
- NIT