535 Quotes by Pat Riley

No rebounds – no rings.

The changes in your life aren’t always what you hoped for. But they usually help you grow.

Teamwork requires that everyone’s efforts flow in a single direction. Feelings of significance happen when a team’s energy takes on a life of its own.

I’d like my reputation to stay as it is and to be remembered for a wonderful decade.

All I did from day-to-day is coach. That’s what my job was, that’s what my passion was, and the fact that now it’s something I’m being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.

When you’re playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.

Your either in or out. There’s no in between.

Great players and great teams want to be driven. They want to be pushed to the edge. They don’t want to be cheated. Ordinary players and average teams want it to be easy.

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn’t management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team’s mission.