Quotes from Pat Riley

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

Excellence happens when you try each day to both do and be, a little better than you were yesterday!

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

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

Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear.

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.

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.

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

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

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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