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title: "1 Change Recruiting Quotes By Rick Pitino"
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> [If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did everything possible to change the recruiting thing. I'm a very small part of this night, but I did want to be a part of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/if-i-didn-t-have-a-recruiting-engagement-i-was-going-to-be-here-i-did/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

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## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/when-you-have-a-problem-if-you-tell-the-truth-the-problem-becomes/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [The key to coaching is not what you do, but the way you do it. The intangibles, the motivational parts of the game are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/the-key-to-coaching-is-not-what-you-do-but-the-way-you-do-it-the/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [Basketball has consumed me since the age of 7 or 8. I don't know what I would do without it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/basketball-has-consumed-me-since-the-age-of-7-or-8-i-don-t-know-what/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [I loved going to the Knicks because we won the Atlantic Division championship. We went from winning 21 games or 19 games to winning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/i-loved-going-to-the-knicks-because-we-won-the-atlantic-division/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/set-higher-standards-for-your-own-performance-than-anyone-else-around/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [Working hard is not always fun - that's why it is called work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/working-hard-is-not-always-fun-that-s-why-it-is-called-work/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/coaches-are-bridge-builders-it-s-our-job-to-build-a-bridge-for-our/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did everything possible to change the recruiting thing. I'm a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/if-i-didn-t-have-a-recruiting-engagement-i-was-going-to-be-here-i-did/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [“Lying makes a probem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/lying-makes-a-probem-part-of-the-future-truth-makes-a-problem-part-of/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/failure-is-good-it-s-fertilizer-everything-i-ve-learned-about/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/if-you-are-not-willing-to-work-hard-and-establish-discipline-in-your/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [I ignore the jealous, I ignore the malicious, I ignore the ignorant and I ignore the paranoid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/i-ignore-the-jealous-i-ignore-the-malicious-i-ignore-the-ignorant-and/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [A lot of people always use the term, 'I'm so blessed.' Most of it they believe is true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/a-lot-of-people-always-use-the-term-i-m-so-blessed-most-of-it-they/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [Learning to live in the present tense-one that's free from the failures of the past and the anxieties of the future-is a wonderful gift,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/learning-to-live-in-the-present-tense-one-that-s-free-from-the/)

[Rick Pitino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-pitino/)

> [When you describe passion at any age, passion is derived from everything, from the people you work with to enjoying the last four years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-pitino/when-you-describe-passion-at-any-age-passion-is-derived-from/)

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