Pat Riley Quotes

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition.

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.

I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.

No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.

I like challenges.

That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league.

Wipe the tears away, stand up, be a man, run your business, find a way.

It's that strength of the human spirit, the strength of what's deep down in you, that's really going to get you anywhere and everywhere.

One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage. Once you get your courage up and believe that you can do important problems, then you can. If you think you can't, almost surely you are not going to.

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

I've lived my life in a way that I feel would be an example to young women and I've always given my best in everything I've tried.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction.

Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.

There aren't many hits like 'Kinky Boots,' so when you get one, the gratitude that comes with it fuels your energy. From the time I started in this business, everybody told me that who I was and what I represented would never work. Well, I get to stand on stage every day and prove the naysayers wrong by doing exactly what they told me not to do.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there.

If you're not the brightest or if you're not great at sports, or if you're not artistic, then you've got to find a way to make your mark; otherwise you're just this tiny little insignificant dot. I didn't want to be insignificant, so I made people laugh.

If I have to make a self-portrait, I would put poetry and rebellion on the list. To be able to walk on a wire, to be able to juggle six hoops, you need focus, another word for tenacity, which is passion.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.