Rick Pitino Quotes

It's not about what you tell your children, but how you show them how to live life.

I was very fortunate to have some great mentors. A father that was always in my life set the example every day at home. Everybody asks me, 'What was your role model?' My role model slept 20 feet from me every night. I could always go talk to him and ask him questions no matter what it was about.

The best thing I can recommend is to listen to your child. I really mean that.

I've learned a lot from my parents.

My dad always made sense. My dad was only wrong when I didn't understand him. Had I listened to him, my life would have been so much easier.

My mom always used to say, "You'll be a better kid if you just listen."

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence.

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.

I believe my father has and always will be the strongest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths.

My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.

I have this blanket thing about giving parenting advice to parents, and that's: 'Don't take other people's advice on parenting.'

As a small business owner for the last 15 years, when I think of what truly changed my life, it was my faith, a strong family, my mom did a really, really good job of encouraging me in very clear and discernible ways.

I don't think kids should have role models. They're disastrous.

From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life.

It's important for moms, but also dads, to recognize that they're role models when it comes to their kids' physical health, when it comes to working out, and when it comes to nutrition.

I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.

Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children.

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Becoming a parent gives you access to a whole world of feeling. It gives you a much stronger sense of life and death: becoming a father made me realise my own mortality.

Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest.

I learned one thing from De Niro: He taught me to listen. Nobody says anything strictly from the script. It's improvised. It was the best piece of advice I have ever gotten in my life. It has helped me through the past thirty years.

I have very smart parents. I feel I learned a lot from both of my parents and life experience.

Obviously, your family life is the priority, but there's still other stuff you have to get done in a day. I think the way I make it work is by taking care of myself, and that includes fitness and eating right and all those things, but also by being very organized and punctual.