Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.

Quote by Rick Pitino

Topics: Failure Quotes, Making Mistakes Quotes

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today,...

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today,...

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of...

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of...

After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that...

After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that...

It could happen to anyone when you get hired by a different president. There's a...

It could happen to anyone when you get hired by a different president. There's a...

I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little.

I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little.

I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing...

I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing...

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise...

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise...

If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did...

If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did...

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s....

Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s....

The other guys just caught lightning in a bottle with a great game.

The other guys just caught lightning in a bottle with a great game.

I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going...

I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going...

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Excellent things are rare.

Excellent things are rare.

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly...

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly...

True happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence in a...

True happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence in a...

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are...

Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...