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
He reminds me a lot of (Raptors guard) Mike James when he was here his first year. We didn't have a lot of confidence in Mike. It took a while.
Guys dug it out. Everybody contributed and it was a good win.
He's a great player, there's no doubt about that.
He's a great player. He's one of the top five guys in the league.
We feel his decision to come back is going to be critical toward our success and goal of winning an NBA championship. We have the utmost respect for Alonzo and he deserves to be part of this championship run.
We were very fortunate to win. I think we understand that. But you have to win some games like this.
We're all banged up a little bit. They're sore, guys are sore.
We played at a real high level again. Tremendous amount of energy, spirit and ball movement, but we didn't finish. That disturbs me and it should disturb our players after working so hard and playing so well.
We do not have any answer for that team. And right now, we don't have a defensive game to realize what it is exactly you need to do to stop that.
We're caught between a rock and a hard place.
Yesterday was a blow. There's no doubt. But I'm ready to roll. We're ready to roll. It's not going to affect me.
We're a long ways away, and they'll be the first ones to admit it. There's a lot of good here that manifests itself throughout the season. Right now, it's spotty.
The argument is they know what they're supposed to do. At least they tell you, 'We know what we're supposed to do.' So you back off a little bit on the real big muscle work that could cause them injury.
That was the first time I've seen Gary play like Gary in a long time.