Pat Riley Quotes - Page 3

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• Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out.

  Pat Riley

  Sports, Team, Commitment

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• In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You've got to stop other teams to win.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Team, Winning

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• There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Motivation, Attitude

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• When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb.

  Pat Riley

  Teamwork, Effort, Decision

  Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

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

  Pat Riley

  Change, Sports, Promotion

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

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

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• No rebounds, no rings.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Coaching, Rebound

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

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• 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 for the team.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Teamwork, Moving

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

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• People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards.

  Pat Riley

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Done, Alertness

  "Business Advice From the Sidelines;It's Management By Game Theory" by Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. March 6, 1996.

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• Discipline is not a nasty word.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Volleyball, Discipline

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• 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

  Basketball, Team, Believe

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

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• Whatever it takes to win.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Winning, Whatever It Takes

  Jerry West, Pat Riley (1998). “The Definitive Word on Michael Jordan”

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• When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.

  Pat Riley

  Teamwork, Greatness, Erosion

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

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• There is no such thing as life in-between.

  Pat Riley

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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

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• It's a reality we have to understand. (O'Neal) has to be more diligent. We have to be more diligent protecting him. We need him in the game.

  Pat Riley

  Reality, Games, Needs

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

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Player, Games

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

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• When you face a fork in the road, step on the exhilarator!

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Faces, Steps

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

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• He's the greatest clutch player I've ever seen. The hell with Jerry West!

  Pat Riley

  Player, West, Hell

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

  Pat Riley

  Life, Voice, Great Voice

  Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

  Pat Riley

  Life, Travel, Ambition

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

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Teamwork, Coward

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

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

  Pat Riley

  Reputation, Wonderful, Remembered

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