Pat Riley
Pat Riley
Patrick James "Pat" Rileyis an American professional basketball executive, and a former coach and player in the National Basketball Association. He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995 and head coach in two separate tenures. Widely regarded as one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time, Riley has served as the head coach of five championship teams, four with the Los Angeles Lakers and one with the Heat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 March 1945
CityRome, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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 is no such thing as life in-between.
People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards.
The key to success is to learn to do something right and then do it right every time.
There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.
You can never have enough talent.
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out.
Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
We just had a hard time guarding the ball on the dribble.
We just had a great first quarter. I mean, it was just incredible. I don't think I've ever seen this team play like that.