Rick Pitino
Rick Pitino
Richard Andrew "Rick" Pitino is an American basketball coach. Since 2001, he has been the head coach at the University of Louisville, and coached the Cardinals to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. As a college head coach, Pitino has also served at Boston University, Providence College and the University of Kentucky, leading that program to the NCAA championship in 1996. In addition to his college coaching career, Pitino also served two stints in the NBA, coaching the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth18 September 1952
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I give myself 24 hours after a loss. After that, I'm totally on to the next game. But for 24 hours, I'm not a happy man.
It's my wedding night, and we're in a posh New York City hotel ready to ... you know ... when I get a call. It's Jim, and he's down in the lobby and he wants to meet with me. He tells me there's this kid named Louie Orr in Cincinnati that we just have to land, and he says he needs me to get there and seal the deal. I tell him, 'Jim, it's my wedding night.' He was single at the time and totally consumed with basketball, so I guess he didn't understand.
We've accomplished what we've wanted to accomplish, record-wise. But we're nowhere near where we should be or where we ought to be.
Little did he know what was going on behind the scenes.
I think they'll come back because they should. One more year and they'll be ready for the next level.
I think the week off is a good thing now, especially for David. Resting the knee is important.
I think Connecticut is a very easy game. They're playing to be number one in the country. It's senior afternoon. It's on national television. It should be an easy game.
We hang in there with some pretty good basketball teams. (But) there is no substitute for experience. Young teams don't win against good teams.
We've made our free throws of late, and that's impressive when you're fatigued.
I care what people think, but it doesn't change my opinion of how to do things.
This is not the beginning of American civilization where we need guns because it's the Wild, Wild West... There should not be guns in our society, and we all know that; politicians know that.
I try not to get too low. I fight adversity as hard as I can fight it, not to get too low. When good things happen, I don't really embrace it. I just say it's a lucky day.
Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.
Basketball has consumed me since the age of 7 or 8. I don't know what I would do without it.