Quotes from Pat Riley

To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

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

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!

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.

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.

All of us have at least one great voice deep inside.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat. After a while it becomes more innovative in thinking up how to lose than thinnking up how to win.

if you have a positive attitude and strive to give your best, eventually, you will overcome problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

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.

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

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

If you're not getting better, you're getting worse.

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

After a glorious victory in a grand war, the hardest battle to fight is the first little skirmish of the next campaign.

It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.