When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Any team can be a miracle team. The catch is that you have got to go out and work for your miracles.… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Teamwork requires that everyone's efforts flow in a single direction. Feelings of significance happen when a team's energy takes on a life… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
The most DIFFICULT thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much EASIER… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Great players and great teams want to be driven. They want to be pushed to the edge. They don't want to be… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
He's the greatest clutch player I've ever seen. The hell with Jerry West! — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
The changes in your life aren't always what you hoped for. But they usually help you grow. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
We measure areas of performance that are often ignored: jumping in pursuit of every rebound even if you don't get it, swatting at every… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game… — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Never be ready to play yesterday. Being ready to play today is what's important — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
