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Best Quotes by Pat Riley (Top 10)

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
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Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!
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Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
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Don't let other people tell you what you want.
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Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.
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You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.
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When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor.
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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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Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
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Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.
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There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
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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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Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
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To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
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A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.
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You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.
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A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.
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Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it.
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When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.
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