Rick Pitino Quotes

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• The key to coaching is not what you do, but the way you do it. The intangibles, the motivational parts of the game are the…
• At Boston University, I motivated negatively, and I found that although it can work at first, by the end of the year everyone is dying…
• The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If…
• Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.
• The basic premise of my system is to fatigue your opponents with constant pressure defensively and constant movement offensively.
• If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.
• Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself.
• When it comes to team dynamics - on a basketball court or in a corporate setting - maintaining a positive atmosphere is crucial.
• Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.
• Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender.
• Dreamers are not content with being mediocre.
• It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays.
• When love and discipline come together you have great chemistry.
• The bone's 6 inches out of his leg and all he's yelling is, 'Win the game, win the game.' I've not seen that in my…
• When you build bridges you can keep crossing them.
• When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of your…
• He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.
• Doubt is one of the main paths on the highway to failure.
• Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.
• Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself

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