Pat Riley quotes

Pat Riley is an American basketball coach and executive, widely regarded as one of the greatest minds in NBA history. His leadership brought multiple championship titles to the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. He has influenced generations of players and coaches with his innovative strategies and motivational style. Here are 34 of his quotes:

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges. (Pat Riley)
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! View quote
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A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning. View quote
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People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards. View quote
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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. View quote
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Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. View quote
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You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again. View quote
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Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission. View quote
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Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change. View quote
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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. View quote
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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)
Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it. View quote
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Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable. View quote
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You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game. View quote
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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. View quote
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You can never have enough talent. View quote
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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. View quote
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Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss. View quote
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The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion. View quote
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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. View quote
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Discipline is not a nasty word. (Pat Riley)
Don't let other people tell you what you want. View quote
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There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it. View quote
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude. View quote
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Whatever it takes to win. View quote
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Occupation: American Coach
Born: March 20, 1945
Quotes count: 34