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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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Rick Pitino
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: September 18
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
New York City
New York
Richard Andrew Pitino
Malicious
Paranoid
Jealous
Ignore
Ignorant

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I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new players that now have experience and Palacios will be healthy.
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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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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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Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.
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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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Postponing action is only postponing achievement.
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Lying makes a problem part of the future truth makes a problem part of the past.
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