At Boston University, I motivated negatively, and I found that although it can work at first, by the end of the year… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard.… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of… — Rick Pitino Copy Share
The key to coaching is not what you do, but the way you do it. The intangibles, the motivational parts of the game are… — Rick Pitino Copy Share
Basketball has consumed me since the age of 7 or 8. I don't know what I would do without it. — Rick Pitino Copy Share
I loved going to the Knicks because we won the Atlantic Division championship. We went from winning 21 games or 19 games to winning… — Rick Pitino Copy Share
Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself — Rick Pitino Copy Share
Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over. — Rick Pitino Copy Share
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… — Rick Pitino Copy Share
“Lying makes a probem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.” — Rick Pitino Copy Share
Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes. — Rick Pitino Copy Share
If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams. — Rick Pitino Copy Share
I ignore the jealous, I ignore the malicious, I ignore the ignorant and I ignore the paranoid. — Rick Pitino Copy Share
A lot of people always use the term, 'I'm so blessed.' Most of it they believe is true. — Rick Pitino Copy Share
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,… — Rick Pitino Copy Share
When you describe passion at any age, passion is derived from everything, from the people you work with to enjoying the last four years. — Rick Pitino Copy Share
