Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.
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Pat Riley
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About Pat Riley
Patrick James Riley is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also served as the team's head coach from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2005 to 2008.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Pat RileyTo have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
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.
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.
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
Being ready isn't enough you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.
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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.
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.
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.
Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.