Rick Pitino in a press conference for the 2013 Final Four when he was head coach at the University of Louisville
“The only thing we can do is work hard, and all the negativity that’s in this town {Boston) sucks.’’
— Rick Pitino (born 1952), basketball coach at colleges (including Providence College) and the NBA (including the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics.
The Celtics hired him as head coach in 1997. He resigned in 2001, after a 102-146 record.
