Inferior guards play on the sidelines and great guards play in the middle. Isiah, Magic, Chris Paul, all get to the middle Rick Pitino More Quotes by Rick Pitino More Quotes From Rick Pitino When you build bridges you can keep crossing them. Rick Pitino love relationship life Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential. Rick Pitino cynical people negative When love and discipline come together you have great chemistry. Rick Pitino discipline together wrestling Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it. Rick Pitino lasting motivational meaningful I actually think if you have a strong junior class, that's the best possible scenario. In their senior year, guys who are on the threshold of making it to the NBA start getting preoccupied in their thoughts elsewhere more than concerning themselves with the present. The junior class is the perfect age. Rick Pitino senior strong thinking Postponing action is only postponing achievement. Rick Pitino postponing achievement action Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself. Rick Pitino feel-good basketball self-esteem People with high self esteem are risk takers, but more importantly, they are achievers. Rick Pitino self-respect self-esteem people The basic premise of my system is to fatigue your opponents with constant pressure defensively and constant movement offensively. Rick Pitino coaching movement basketball Dreamers are not content with being mediocre. Rick Pitino dreamer being-me basketball Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s. He's the best wing player I've ever coached. But he's done it the right way. He knew he had to work on his body to become a good pro. When he goes into the pros, he'll be physically ready. Rick Pitino player sports years The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If you are losing and you try to be tough, you're asking for dissension. Rick Pitino basketball self-esteem winning Doubt is one of the main paths on the highway to failure. Rick Pitino highways path doubt The bone's 6 inches out of his leg and all he's yelling is, 'Win the game, win the game.' I've not seen that in my life. Pretty special young man. I don't think we could have gathered ourselves - I know I couldn't have - if Kevin didn't say over and over again, 'Just go win the game,' I don't think we could have gone in the locker room with a loss after seeing that. We had to gather ourselves. We couldn't lose this game for him. We just couldn't. Rick Pitino monday loss morning I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new players that now have experience and Palacios will be healthy. Rick Pitino eight player sports A lot of people always use the term, 'I'm so blessed.' Most of it they believe is true. Rick Pitino blessed believe people If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did everything possible to change the recruiting thing. I'm a very small part of this night, but I did want to be a part of it. Rick Pitino engagement want night It could happen to anyone when you get hired by a different president. There's a difference in philosophies. It happens. It's a change in CEOs. They have their own people, their own philosophies, and it's different than what Bob stands for. Rick Pitino differences sports philosophy Make incremental progress, change comes not by the yard, but by the inch. Rick Pitino inches yards progress When you describe passion at any age, passion is derived from everything, from the people you work with to enjoying the last four years. Rick Pitino passion people years
