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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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Rick Pitino
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: September 18
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
New York City
New York
Richard Andrew Pitino
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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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Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.
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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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Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over.
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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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Postponing action is only postponing achievement.
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Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.
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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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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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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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Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it.
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Success is determined by your daily choices and habits
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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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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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Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s. He's the best wing player I've ever coached. But he's done it the right way. He knew he had to work on his body to become a good pro. When he goes into the pros, he'll be physically ready.
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Ego is the greatest killer of one's potential
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Set higher standards for you own performance than anyone around you, and it won't matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won't matter whether the competition is pushing you hard, because you'll be competing with yourself.
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Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.
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