Quotes by Riley, Pat

"Discipline is not a nasty word."

Riley, Pat on discipline   

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

Riley, Pat on excellence
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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."

Riley, Pat on losers and losing
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"Shouda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done."

Riley, Pat on losers and losing   

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

Riley, Pat on management   

"A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning."

Riley, Pat on motivation
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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."

Riley, Pat on motivation
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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."

Riley, Pat on obsession   

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

Riley, Pat on performance   

"Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude."

Riley, Pat on 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."

Riley, Pat on attitude
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"People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards."

Riley, Pat on results   

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

Riley, Pat on change   

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

Riley, Pat on work   

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

Riley, Pat on work   

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

Riley, Pat on work   

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

Riley, Pat on work   

"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."

Riley, Pat on work   

"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."

Riley, Pat on work   

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

Riley, Pat on work   

"The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion."

Riley, Pat on ten commandments   

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

Riley, Pat on winners and winning   

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

Riley, Pat on action
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"Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it."

Riley, Pat on choice   

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

Riley, Pat on competition   

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

Riley, Pat on control