Pitino Basketball Quotes & Sayings

The basic premise of my system is to fatigue your opponents with constant pressure defensively and constant movement offensively. — Rick Pitino

Until as women we all say, No! We are not going to starve ourselves, nothing is going to change. We're our own worse enemies sometimes but I still blame men. — Janeane Garofalo

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams. — Rick Pitino

Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself. — Rick Pitino

Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself — Rick Pitino

I reached out and stroked the dark layers of his hair. I felt oddly bashful as I asked, "Do you want to spend the night with me, or would you rather - "
"Yes."
A crooked grin spread across my face. "You want some time to think about it?"
"Okay." He squinted thoughtfully as if mulling it over, and a split second later, he said, "Yes."

-Ella & Jack — Lisa Kleypas

I have women who offer to sleep with me all the time. But not men. They're all talk and nay action - as we'd say in Scotland. — Shirley Manson

It is hard to think of any work of art of which one can say 'this saved the life of one Jew, one Vietnamese, one Cambodian'. Specific books, perhaps; but as far as one can tell, no paintings or sculptures. The difference between us and the artists of the 1920's is that they they thought such a work of art could be made. Perhaps it was a certain naivete that made them think so. But it is certainly our loss that we cannot. — Robert Hughes

I knew Rick Pitino was going to make them play that outbreak, monkey defense. He's been doing it all his life. — Shaquille O'Neal

Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do. — Rick Pitino

Inferior guards play on the sidelines and great guards play in the middle. Isiah, Magic, Chris Paul, all get to the middle — Rick Pitino

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. — Rick Pitino

The cops watched me and the Georges and the other foreigners who worked the streets, and they knew exactly what we were doing. They reasoned, truly enough, that we caused no violent harm, and we were good for business in the black market that brought them bribes and other benefits. They took their cut from the drug and currency dealers. They left us alone. They left me alone. — Gregory David Roberts

Long term success is a direct result of what you achieve everyday. Goals provide your daily routine — Rick Pitino

Finish Well; Anyone Can Start Well — Miles Anthony Smith

Basketball has consumed me since the age of 7 or 8. I don't know what I would do without it. — Rick Pitino

The key to coaching is not what you do, but the way you do it. The intangibles, the motivational parts of the game are the most important facets of it. — Rick Pitino

I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control. — Gregg Sulkin

My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis. — Alan Garner

Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender. — Rick Pitino

Dreamers are not content with being mediocre. — Rick Pitino

When it comes to team dynamics - on a basketball court or in a corporate setting - maintaining a positive atmosphere is crucial. — Rick Pitino

I plan to coach at University of Louisville for as long as I can maintain the passion I have for the game of basketball. I don't want to coach anywhere else. I don't believe in anything else as much as I believe in this university and this state. I want to coach as long as they will have me. — Rick Pitino

There are some people, nevertheless - and I am one of them - who think that the most practical and important thing about a man is still his view of the universe ... We think that for a general about to fight an enemy, it is important to know the enemy's numbers, but still more important to know the enemy's philosophy. We think the question is not whether the theory of the cosmos affects matters, but whether in the long run, anything else affects them. — G.K. Chesterton

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one. — Rick Pitino

On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener. — Maira Kalman

True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. It's getting people to play beyond their potential — Rick Pitino

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

I get told a lot that I'm kind of carving my own path. That there are not many actors who are out and are able to play straight and gay, and everyone's OK with it. — Russell Tovey

It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays. — Rick Pitino

At Boston University, I motivated negatively, and I found that although it can work at first, by the end of the year everyone is dying for the year to end and you have lost them. The last two years at BU, I motivated positively and got much better results. — Rick Pitino

Success is determined by your daily choices and habits — Rick Pitino

I only got the opportjnity to co-host a talk show because I failed at news. — Oprah Winfrey

Your soul is so close to mine
That what you dream, I know. ...
I know everything you think of: your heart is so close to mine! — Rumi

How to Draw a Picture (XII)
Know when you're finished, and when you are, put your pencil or your paintbrush down. All the rest is only life. — Stephen King