Pat Riley Quotes

There are only 2 options regarding commitment. You're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in between.

Discipline is not a nasty word.

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

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

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

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

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

The key to success is to learn to do something right and then do it right every time.

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

We sometimes need adversity to fathom our true depths.

The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

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.

Until you change the way that you look at things,Those things will never change.

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.

You can never have enough talent.

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

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.

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

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

There is no such thing as life in-between.

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

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

The most DIFFICULT thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much EASIER to be selfish.

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

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

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

Any team can be a miracle team. The catch is that you have got to go out and work for your miracles. Effort is what ultimately separates great teams from ordinary teams.

Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.

All of us have at least one great voice deep inside. People are products of their environment. A lucky few are born into situations in which positive messages abound. Others grow up hearing messages of fear and failure, which they must block out so the positive can be heard. But the positive and courageous voice will always emerge, somewhere, sometime, for all of us. Listen for it, and your breakthroughs will come.

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

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!

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

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.

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

Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted.

In every contest, there comes a moment that separates winning from losing. The true warrior understands and seizes that moment.

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.

Am I a control freak? No. Do I believe in organization? You bet. In discipline? In being on time and making sure everything at the hotel is ready and right? Definitely. I don't control players. I try to control the environment around the players so they can flourish.

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.

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

Great players crave instruction on their weaknesses.

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

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

You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.

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

From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

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

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