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
If you recall, the last time we shut him down, he had a good run of games. I think that's what we need to do in light of not having him at all.
In some games, he's going to have to do it. When he plays against Detroit, possibly he's going to have to play (guard) Rip (Hamilton) in those big games.
He's right there with (Red) Auerbach and you've got to give him his kudos. He's done something remarkable and has an opportunity to do something even more.
I don't think I ever had any enjoyment in the playoffs until you won.
I don't know if Shaq called him; it could have been the other way around. Double-check who called who and then I think the whole thing might change around a little bit. But that's friendship more than anything else. I can assure you Shaquille wouldn't have went public with it.
I didn't even want to get into that subject. We have been over it, under it, on top of it. I don't know, you can just see it coming off his hand better and he feels confident.
I didn't even know he was going to play. He hasn't been able to condition because he hasn't been playing basketball. We've got to get him court time.
He told me how exciting it was to coach and that I would probably love it. That was very encouraging.
He's amazing. He gave us the defensive lift we really needed.
Gary is old school. Of course he'd know that.
When is it going to start? That's the question I posed to them tonight. When are we going to start beating quality teams? It's time to put up or shut up. That's how I look at it.
We kept trying to call his number. We had him handle the ball a lot and he was either getting to the line or getting some hoops.
We kept coming back, coming back. And every time we came out of a huddle, they sort of regained their composure again.
This trip reminds me of when I started. You've got to get after it.