Quotes from Rick Pitino

hubris was a crime in ancient Athens. To humiliate a defeated foe was a crime.

The person with true humility does not see himself as a lone fighter. People with humility see themselves as part of something bigger.

people like John Wooden, maybe the greatest coach of all time in any sport, or Mike Krzyzewski, who is the modern-day John Wooden, sustain success for so long. You can readily see their humility.

Humility and gratitude leave your heart and mind open to receive unexpected blessings, even on the heels of disappointment.

With humility, you are better able to enjoy and understand success, and you are better able to examine and handle failure.

On what will you be judged, the current difficulty, or the final result?

Humility stops you from overestimating your own significance and it enables you to accept, understand, and live with failures and learn from them constructively.

proverb, "A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

Allowing your focus to drift to negativity or criticism will put you on the defensive. It will get you pointing fingers and take away from the job you are doing.

Humble people share the credit of their success, and accept their failures with courage and character.

Success Is A Choice

John Wooden said, "Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Whatever is happening in life, focus is the key to performance. Without it, you flounder.

if you get distracted from doing your job, you can't perform. And remember this—there is very little sympathy out there for people who cannot perform.

Muhammad Ali said, "Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.

performance is your greatest ally in dealing with adversity, and focus is your greatest weapon in achieving that performance.

It's easy to focus on self. That is the natural inclination of people. But it is more productive to focus on the team. And it is even more important to focus on the work you must do to help the team.

I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus.

We may think that kids have a natural fascination with phones. Really, children have a fascination with whatever Mom and Dad find fascinating.

Discouragement often comes from focusing on the wrong things. It also derives from a lack of patience, which is a virtue we are losing in our society.

Succeeding in difficult times means perseverance, and that trait is not prevalent in these times. We are the now generation.

you can develop all of the wonderful traits you need to succeed—focus, humility, toughness, and passion—but if you quit when things become difficult or when you become discouraged, they all are worthless.

Larry McMurtry and Woody Allen, still use manual typewriters to compose their books and scripts, because computers and word processors pose too many potential distractions.

Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.