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 thought it was the first time Shaquille, in a couple of weeks, really has been running to the rim. We have to get back to that game.
History is history. But they've had our number for the last two or three years.
There's gotta be some dignity in the game.
One thing I'm not worried about is our rebounding.
It's a tough loss, from the standpoint of digging ourselves out of a hole. We didn't make big stops when we needed.
That's a big mistake on his part right now. He's too young to be saying that. It's just indicative of the young players today.
I've spoken to James about it. He understands. He just wants to win and he'll do whatever it takes.
He has a great demeanor about it. If he got upset, it would be awful.
I have a Louisville Slugger in my locker. It's like 42 ounces. We corked it also, with cement.
I think he is a week away from conditioning.
I don't want to get the paddle out or the baseball bat out, but they know what I want.
If I had a bunch of young, real healthy-had-a-lot-left-in-the-tank racehorses, they'd be three, four hours a day and just loving it. But this is not that kind of team. The team's got a lot of miles on it, but they've still got a lot of talent and you've got to train them a little differently.
I don't want to go through what we did last year with injuries. It's a matter of managing maintenance with complacency.
He's amazing. He gave us the defensive lift we really needed.