Rick Pitino Quotations | Page 2

I think I do regret leaving Kentucky because I took over a team with 15 wins banking everything on the Tim Duncan lottery, and once we didn't get Tim Duncan, I realized that leaving Kentucky was not a good move.

I'd tell any coach not to move for money... Stay at your job if you're really happy.

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

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.

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.

Hicks is inch-for-inch, pound-for-pound the toughest player in basketball. We played really good defense against a good ball club.

He's just a prolific scorer. He is great at hitting runners in the lane and he has great range on his jump shot. And because you have to worry about some of their other players, it sets up very nicely for him.

When you describe passion at any age, passion is derived from everything, from the people you work with to enjoying the last years.

People with high self esteem are risk takers, but more importantly, they are achievers.

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