"Discipline is not a nasty word."

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

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"Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss."

Riley, Pat on Losers and Losing
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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."

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"Shouda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done."

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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."

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"A champion needs a motivation above and beyond 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."

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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."

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

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"Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude."

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"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."

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

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

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

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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."

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

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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."

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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."

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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."

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

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"The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion."

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

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"You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth."

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

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

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

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