Pat Riley Quotes - Page 2

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• You can only receive what you're willing to give.

  Pat Riley

  Giving, Willing

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Sports, Volleyball

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

  Pat Riley

  Helping, Grows

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• If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Coaching, Overcoming

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• When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• 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 pass, diving for loose balls, letting someone smash into you in order to draw the foul. These 'effort' statistics are also stored on computer. Effort is what ultimately separates journeyman players from impact players. Knowing how well a player executes all these little things is the key to unlocking career-best performances.

  Pat Riley

  Sports, Player, Knowing

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• When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.

  Pat Riley

  Sports, Inspirational Football, Great Coach

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• I've learned to keep things simple. Look at your choices, pick the best one, then go to work with all your heart.

  Pat Riley

  Heart, Simple, Choices

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

  Pat Riley

  Adversity, Benefits, Seeds

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• Great players crave instruction on their weaknesses.

  Pat Riley

  Player, Weakness, Instruction

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• Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Loss

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• When you leave it to chance, then all of a sudden you don't have any more luck.

  Pat Riley

  Luck, Chance

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• It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Games, Coaching

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• There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Teamwork, Motivational Sports

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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

  Pat Riley

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• The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Suggestions, Suggestion Boxes

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• Teamwork requires that everyone's efforts flow in a single direction. Feelings of significance happen when a team's energy takes on a life of its own.

  Pat Riley

  Teamwork, Effort, Feelings

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

  Pat Riley

  Leadership, Basketball, Motivational Sports

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• Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Motivation, Winning

  "Dressed For Success". Interview with Kevin Newell, coachad.com. October 2, 2009.

  90 Copy quote

• You can never have enough talent.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Sports, Coaching

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

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Nba, Play

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• 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 it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.

  Pat Riley

  Jobs, Passion, Mind Blowing

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• Basketball is a business. Pure and simple. If you want to have fun, go to the YMCA.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Fun, Simple

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

  Pat Riley

  Sports, Teamwork, Volleyball

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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