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Coaching Quotes by Rick Pitino
- 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.
- Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.
- The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in…
- I loved going to the Knicks because we won the Atlantic Division championship. We went from winning 21 games or 19 games to winning 52…
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- It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two! — Ernie Banks
- Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. — Yogi Berra
- Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. — Yogi Berra
- Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting. — Yogi Berra
- The other teams could make trouble for us if they win. — Yogi Berra
- I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be… — Ray Bradbury
- Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you… — Bear Bryant
- I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. — Warren Buffett
- I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Either love your players or get out of coaching. — Unknown Author
- I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat. — Darrell Royal