Quotes from Pat Riley

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.

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

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

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.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

Hard work guarantees you nothing, but without it you don't stand a chance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

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

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

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

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

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

There is no such thing as life in-between.

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

Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle.

You can never have enough talent.

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.