Pat Riley

Whatever it takes to win.

— Pat Riley

There is no such thing as life in-between.

— Pat Riley

You can never have enough talent.

— Pat Riley

The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.

— Pat Riley

No rebounds - no rings.

— Pat Riley

Discipline is not a nasty word.

— Pat Riley

Your either in or out. There's no in between.

— Pat Riley

In every adversity, there is a seed of equivalent benefit.

— Pat Riley

I'd like my reputation to stay as it is and to be remembered for a wonderful decade.

— Pat Riley

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.

— Pat Riley

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

— Pat Riley

The key to success is to learn to do something right and then do it right every time.

— Pat Riley

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

— Pat Riley

Never be ready to play yesterday. Being ready to play today is what's important

— Pat Riley

You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.

— Pat Riley

“There's no such things as coulda, shoulda, woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.”

— Pat Riley

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

The most DIFFICULT thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much EASIER…

— Pat Riley

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.

— Pat Riley

Any team can be a miracle team. The catch is that you have got to go out and work for your miracles.…

— Pat Riley

Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch…

— Pat Riley

“After a glorious victory in a grand war, the hardest battle to fight is the first little skirmish of the next campaign.”

— Pat Riley

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

— Pat Riley

Am I a control freak? No. Do I believe in organization? You bet. In discipline? In being on time and making sure…

— Pat Riley

Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice…

— Pat Riley

All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now…

— Pat Riley

When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If…

— Pat Riley

“When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat. After…

— Pat Riley

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

When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait…

— Pat Riley

All of us have at least one great voice deep inside. People are products of their environment. A lucky few are born…

— Pat Riley

We measure areas of performance that are often ignored: jumping in pursuit of every rebound even if you don't get it, swatting…

— Pat Riley

“Until you change the way that you look at things,Those things will never change.”

— Pat Riley

Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.

— Pat Riley

The changes in your life aren't always what you hoped for. But they usually help you grow.

— Pat Riley

All of us have at least one great voice deep inside.

— Pat Riley

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

— Pat Riley

Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it.

— Pat Riley

Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.

— Pat Riley

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

— Pat Riley