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When you build bridges you can keep crossing them.

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Rick Pitino
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: September 18
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
New York City
New York
Richard Andrew Pitino
Inspiration
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Love
Life
Crossing
Crossings
Bridges
Build
Relationship

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Tackle the difficult things first in the morning make changes in the way you network. Treat everyone with respect and dignity. This stops you from cynicism and negativity. End your day with that same attitude you started. Renew your contract with a day well completed.
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Learning to live in the present tense-one that's free from the failures of the past and the anxieties of the future-is a wonderful gift, and one you always should be striving for.
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If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did everything possible to change the recruiting thing. I'm a very small part of this night, but I did want to be a part of it.
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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.
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After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important.
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If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.
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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.
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Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.
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I ignore the jealous, I ignore the malicious, I ignore the ignorant and I ignore the paranoid.
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I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little.
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I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing players, it's about having fun. That's a void in your life right now, but it's something you're going to have here.
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Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself
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It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays.
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Postponing action is only postponing achievement.
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Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success.
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Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it.
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When it comes to team dynamics - on a basketball court or in a corporate setting - maintaining a positive atmosphere is crucial.
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True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. It's getting people to play beyond their potential
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Ego is the greatest killer of one's potential
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When you describe passion at any age, passion is derived from everything, from the people you work with to enjoying the last four years.
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