Rick Majerus Quotes

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

I've never been a planner. I didn't know I was going to run for the State House. I didn't know I was going to run for governor. I don't know what's next, and I love not thinking about it because the doors open at a certain time.

But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second.

I guess when somebody offers you a movie, you don't say no. That's what I've learned.

Don't get stuck on a business plan just because it was your business plan.

If you see that something is not working, you have to be willing to change course.

It is all very well to be cautious, but if we are too cautious we will miss our opportunity.

I have to do what I have to do, and you have to go where the opportunities are.

For the title, if they say, 'Ok, let's sit and wait,' I will sit and wait because I know it's a once in a lifetime opportunity.

I know when I need to be pushing it full speed; I know when I got to probe and allow the flow to open up, because, at the end of the day, on the basketball court, something's going to open up.

I just know I can't force things. I've just got to play the right way, make sure I'm making the right play at the right time.

The second mouse gets the cheese!

Don't spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity.

You've got to stay ready, especially around here. That's what we preach, you'll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning or in the middle or in the end whenever it may be. When your time comes, you need to be ready to go because you're going to earn your minutes

Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it's not working.

You've got to make the most of where you are. Then, when you're somewhere else, you've got to have the ability to fulfill that.

The mismatch is not what gets you beat. What gets you beat is giving up the uncontested, open shot.

Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.

You don't have to just do what's planned, you can take what's immediately in front of you and use that.

Not being afraid to make changes is a valuable tool - knowing you can change back.

There is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

That was the one thing she knew now. Some chances came and went, and if you missed them, you could spend the rest of your life standing alone, waiting for an opportunity that had already passed you by.

I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.

Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.

A new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don't cry about what you don't have. Use what you got.