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 think they've turned the corner. They've acquired a tremendous amount of talent.
I think they've turned the corner. They've accumulated a tremendous amount of talent. Ever since (Thomas) has come here, the talent level has gone through the roof. That's all I know.
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.
For four years it was really something. We went through our down years and rebuilt, and New York is going through its now.
First of all, I wouldn't believe a word that Damon Jones said. I love Damon. Damon is one of the all-time characters.
It was an absolute eye-opener. I've seen a lot of great quarters. I don't think I've ever seen one exactly like that where a team hits nine 3s (actually eight). We didn't play well, we didn't play with great desire and we got our heads handed to us for the second game in a row.
It's not about long, enduring practices. It's about practicing on the right things. That's got to be our objective as we're trying to still close out the season.
It's difficult, but you deal with it. Family is part of your life. And so, I did what I had to do in New York. ... The last four days was about a family crisis. Now it's about Chicago, moving on and trying to get this job done here.
It's in our hands. I'm not looking at numbers. I'm not looking at who they're playing. It's in our hands. And so we have to win games. They might win out. So we have to just stay one step ahead of the posse.
It's in our hands. I'm not looking at numbers. I'm not looking at who they are playing.
It was a ploy ... a way to get them to think bigger. It means something, but it's not what we are playing for.
I'm going to continue to ask him to give more and more and more, because he's got to do it. If we want to win, he's got to defend.
The points that he scored really weren't ones that hurt us.
I think we know who we are. We're disappointed with the loss because we caught them at the end of a tough trip. We came out strong but we couldn't finish it.