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'm disappointed in it. He deserved it. Ben Wallace and the other guys who were picked, they deserve it also.
Any team can be a miracle team. The catch is that you have got to go out and work for your miracles. Effort is what ultimately separates great teams from ordinary teams.
In every adversity, there is a seed of equivalent benefit.
Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.
We sometimes need adversity to fathom our true depths.
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
All of us have at least one great voice deep inside.
Basketball is a business. Pure and simple. If you want to have fun, go to the YMCA.
The changes in your life aren't always what you hoped for. But they usually help you grow.
Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted.
Your either in or out. There's no in between.
All of us have at least one great voice deep inside. People are products of their environment. A lucky few are born into situations in which positive messages abound. Others grow up hearing messages of fear and failure, which they must block out so the positive can be heard. But the positive and courageous voice will always emerge, somewhere, sometime, for all of us. Listen for it, and your breakthroughs will come.
"Shouda, coulda, and woulda" won't get it done.
It's a reality we have to understand. (O'Neal) has to be more diligent. We have to be more diligent protecting him. We need him in the game.