Pat Riley
Pat Riley
Patrick James "Pat" Rileyis an American professional basketball executive, and a former coach and player in the National Basketball Association. He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995 and head coach in two separate tenures. Widely regarded as one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time, Riley has served as the head coach of five championship teams, four with the Los Angeles Lakers and one with the Heat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 March 1945
CityRome, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I have a Louisville Slugger in my locker. It's like 42 ounces. We corked it also, with cement.
I hated to break up the energy level we had going early in the fourth quarter.
I feel we're going to be a very good team. This is not a measuring stick at all.
I can't remember ever dealing with something like that over a long period of time. There are always disputes. You have them. But when you carry it that far, anything can go on. But that happens in this league. A lot of it stays in the locker room. We try to keep it in the locker room if we can.
I can't judge by practice, because he doesn't practice.
Obviously I'm very happy with the win and the fact that we had 26 assists and a lot of guys involved. Tonight we did a lot better at cutting and spotting quickly. We just made a lot better decisions.
Obviously, it was a surprise, based on what's been happening for us. We were running; they were missing. We were running; they were missing.
The demise of Shaquille O'Neal has been greatly exaggerated. I can guarantee you that - and I coach him.
There's a real heaviness to our team and I feel it. I'm trying to lighten it up. Because there are so many distractions and so many things going on, it's heavy and it wears on guys. We don't want this. We want to win. We are winning, but we're not winning at the rate people want us to win.
About a week ago, I was really concerned about it. They cut it to two. I thought they were going to run the string. It's good to get this. But it doesn't mean much unless you use it.
It's just good to get this win and get ready for Indiana and the next six or seven games that are coming our way.
It's just something that we couldn't financially match, ... We were not going to go out over more than two years.
It's a tough loss, from the standpoint of digging ourselves out of a hole. We didn't make big stops when we needed.
It's good to get this. It doesn't mean much unless you use it.