After September 11, I don’t think people really believe things like this are all that important. Rick Pitino Read Quote
The one thing I’ve always said: Let your family and close friends be the judge of who you are as a person. Don’t worry about being judged by others who don’t know you, because your family and close friends know what you’re all about, good and bad. Rick Pitino Read Quote
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 Read Quote
One thing I’ve learned to do with my age, I really don’t look ahead. For years, I’ve been preaching the precious present and having to always subscribe to it. Rick Pitino Read Quote
I plan to coach at University of Louisville for as long as I can maintain the passion I have for the game of basketball. I don’t want to coach anywhere else. I don’t believe in anything else as much as I believe in this university and this state. I want to coach as long as they will have me. Rick Pitino Read Quote
Humility is what makes teams great. I’ve preached it for a long period of time. Rick Pitino Read Quote
I loved going to the Knicks because we won the Atlantic Division championship. We went from winning 21 games or 19 games to winning 52 games in a short period of time. I loved coaching Patrick Ewing and Charles Oakley and all those guys. Rick Pitino Read Quote
This is not the beginning of American civilization where we need guns because it’s the Wild, Wild West… There should not be guns in our society, and we all know that; politicians know that. Rick Pitino Read Quote
What I’ve found in my life with our children is that often you can give them advice and tell them to eat the right things, stay in shape and wear sunscreen, and they don’t really want to listen. But then they hear it from someone else, and they do listen. Rick Pitino Read Quote
I give myself 24 hours after a loss. After that, I’m totally on to the next game. But for 24 hours, I’m not a happy man. Rick Pitino Read Quote
