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
"Shouda, coulda, and woulda" won't get it done.
Great players crave instruction on their weaknesses.
He's the greatest clutch player I've ever seen. The hell with Jerry West!
Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.
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.
All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.
The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.
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.
When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.
In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You've got to stop other teams to win.
I'd like my reputation to stay as it is and to be remembered for a wonderful decade.
We sometimes need adversity to fathom our true depths.
Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.