Rick Pitino

Dreamers are not content with being mediocre. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#inspirational

After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#believe #i #important #like #people

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#excellence #improve #offer #quality #unlimited

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#every #get #hard #individual #like

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#coaching #everything #failure #fertilizer #good

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life and what you are trying to do. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#deal #get #i #involved #just

I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#happiness #how #i #learned #little

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. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#career #developing #fun #going #having

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. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#did #engagement #everything #going #here

The other guys just caught lightning in a bottle with a great game. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#caught #game #great #guys #just