Am I a control freak? No. Do I believe in organization? You bet. In discipline? In being on time and making sure everything at the hotel is ready and right? Definitely. I don’t control players. I try to control the environment around the players so they can flourish.

— Pat Riley

Pat Riley Quotes

The key to teamwork is to learn a role, accept a role, and strive to become excellent playing it.

— Pat Riley
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He’s the greatest clutch player I’ve ever seen. The hell with Jerry West!

— Pat Riley

You can only receive what you’re willing to give.

— Pat Riley

All of us have at least one great voice deep inside.

— Pat Riley

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.

— Pat Riley

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.

— Pat Riley

Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.

— Pat Riley

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

— Pat Riley

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

— Pat Riley

In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You’ve got to stop other teams to win.

— Pat Riley

In every adversity, there is a seed of equivalent benefit.

— Pat Riley

Great players crave instruction on their weaknesses.

— Pat Riley

There is no such thing as life in-between.

— Pat Riley

The key to success is to learn to do something right and then do it right every time.

— Pat Riley

Whatever it takes to win.

— Pat Riley
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We sometimes need adversity to fathom our true depths.

— Pat Riley

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.

— Pat Riley
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Your either in or out. There’s no in between.

— Pat Riley

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.

— Pat Riley

People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards.

— Pat Riley
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