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From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

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Pat Riley
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 20
American Football Player
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Coach
Rome
New York
Patrick James Riley
Riles
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Patrick James Pat Riley
MacGyver
Basketball
Nobody
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Contender
Upstart
Dynasty
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Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
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If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.
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There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.
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Don't let other people tell you what you want.
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It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.
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There are only two options regarding commitment you’re either in or you’re out.
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Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done.
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The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.
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It's a reality we have to understand. (O'Neal) has to be more diligent. We have to be more diligent protecting him. We need him in the game.
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The most DIFFICULT thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much EASIER to be selfish.
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Am I a control freak? No. Do I believe in organization? You bet. In discipline? In being on time and making sure everything at the hotel is ready and right? Definitely. I don't control players. I try to control the environment around the players so they can flourish.
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Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
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Never be ready to play yesterday. Being ready to play today is what's important
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
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Whatever it takes to win.
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Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.
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When you leave it to chance, then all of a sudden you don't have any more luck.
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In every adversity, there is a seed of equivalent benefit.
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He's the greatest clutch player I've ever seen. The hell with Jerry West!
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