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
It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.
When you face a fork in the road, step on the exhilarator!
The true warrior understands and seizes that moment by giving an effort so intense and so intuitive that it could only be called one from the heart.
You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.
No rebounds - no rings.
A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.
Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.
Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
In every contest, there comes a moment that separates winning from losing. The true warrior understands and seizes that moment.
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.
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
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.