Rick Pitino Quotes
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Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.
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Tackle the difficult things first in the morning; make changes in the way you network. Treat everyone with respect and dignity. This stops you from cynicism and negativity. End your day with that same attitude you started. Renew your contract with a day well completed.
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When it comes to team dynamics - on a basketball court or in a corporate setting - maintaining a positive atmosphere is crucial.
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Postponing action is only postponing achievement.
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Live in the precious present.
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A lot of people always use the term, 'I'm so blessed.' Most of it they believe is true.
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The basic premise of my system is to fatigue your opponents with constant pressure defensively and constant movement offensively.
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Dreamers are not content with being mediocre.
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Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential.
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Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.
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Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.
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Never let anyone out work you or out hustle you. Ever.
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Long term success is a direct result of what you achieve everyday. Goals provide your daily routine
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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 an organization is motivated by something different.
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True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. It's getting people to play beyond their potential
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It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays.
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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 future.
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He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.
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After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important.
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I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing players, it's about having fun. That's a void in your life right now, but it's something you're going to have here.
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Make incremental progress, change comes not by the yard, but by the inch.
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Inferior guards play on the sidelines and great guards play in the middle. Isiah, Magic, Chris Paul, all get to the middle
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Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it.
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Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.
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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 you are losing and you try to be tough, you're asking for dissension.
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Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s. He's the best wing player I've ever coached. But he's done it the right way. He knew he had to work on his body to become a good pro. When he goes into the pros, he'll be physically ready.
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Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself
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I learned quickly that motivating people would be the most important responsibility of my career.
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I actually think if you have a strong junior class, that's the best possible scenario. In their senior year, guys who are on the threshold of making it to the NBA start getting preoccupied in their thoughts elsewhere more than concerning themselves with the present. The junior class is the perfect age.
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I ignore the jealous, I ignore the malicious, I ignore the ignorant and I ignore the paranoid.
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