Pat Riley Quotes About Sports

We have collected for you the TOP of Pat Riley's best quotes about Sports! Here are collected all the quotes about Sports starting from the birthday of the Basketball Coach – March 20, 1945! We hope you will be inspired to new achievements with our constantly updated collection of quotes. At the moment, this page contains 16 sayings of Pat Riley about Sports. We will be happy if you share our collection of quotes with your friends on social networks!
  • When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.

    Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult
  • You can never have enough talent.

  • 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.

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

    Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult
  • There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

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

    Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult
  • Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

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

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

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

    Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult
  • Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out.

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

    Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult
  • There is no such thing as life in-between.

    Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult
  • Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!

    Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult
  • Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it.

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

  • Born: March 20, 1945
  • Occupation: Basketball Coach