"When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat."
-Pat Riley
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"To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.“
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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."
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"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."
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"Great effort springs naturally from great attitude."
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"There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength."
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"Being ready isn't enough you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change."
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