Pat Riley Quotes - Page 3

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

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

You can never have enough talent.

No rebounds, no rings.

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

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.

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

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

Discipline is not a nasty word.

Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted.

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

Whatever it takes to win.

There is no such thing as life in-between.

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

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.

It's a reality we have to understand. (O'Neal) has to be more diligent. We have to be more diligent protecting him. We need him in the game.

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

When you face a fork in the road, step on the exhilarator!

He's the greatest clutch player I've ever seen. The hell with Jerry West!

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.

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

I'd like my reputation to stay as it is and to be remembered for a wonderful decade.