I learned quickly that motivating people would be the most important responsibility of my career. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
I care what people think , but it doesn't change my opinion of how to do things. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
People with high self esteem are risk takers, but more importantly, they are achievers. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
When you describe passion at any age, passion is derived from everything, from the people you work with to enjoying the last… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
A lot of people always use the term, 'I'm so blessed.' Most of it they believe is true. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
I don't get into these petty things, Kentucky-Louisville. To me, it's nonsense... There will be people at Kentucky that will have a… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
I never thought that shoes would be the reason that you recruit players, but it's a factor. I think we need to… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
It could happen to anyone when you get hired by a different president. There's a difference in philosophies. It happens. It's a… — 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
True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. It's getting people to play beyond their potential — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
Football is only once a week. NASCAR is once a week. Those sports are insanely popular. Horse racing is oversaturated. Unless tracks… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
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 Image
“Lying makes a probem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.” — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
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 Image
I ignore the jealous, I ignore the malicious, I ignore the ignorant and I ignore the paranoid. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
