Quotes by Pat Riley

“There are only two options regarding commitment. Youre either in or youre out. Theres no such thing as life in-between.”

“Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.”

“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.”

“A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.”

“Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!”

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

“You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.”

Hard work guarantees you nothing, but without it you dont stand a chance

Theres no such things as coulda, shoulda, woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat. After a while it becomes more innovative in thinking up how to lose than thinnking up how to win.

There are only two options regarding commitment. Youre either in or out. Theres no such thing as a life in between.

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

Dont let other people tell you what you want.

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.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

Theres always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.

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

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

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

Being ready isnt enough you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.