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Pat Riley Quotes
«I think I read a headline today, 'Great players versus a great team', and I hope we do have great players on the way to becoming a great team. I think a win like this today begins to develop a sense of confidence.»
Author: Pat Riley
«Gary is old school. Of course he'd know that.»
Author: Pat Riley
«There's a real heaviness to our team and I feel it. I'm trying to lighten it up. Because there are so many distractions and so many things going on, it's heavy and it wears on guys. We don't want this. We want to win. We are winning, but we're not winning at the rate people want us to win.»
Author: Pat Riley
«I have complete faith. That's how I operate, that's how I coach. I truly believe that when all the parts are healthy, I know how good we are. I've said it over and over again and I will continue to say it, I just think this team can do something special. And that's the way I'll keep thinking.»
Author: Pat Riley
«It's that kind of attitude when we talk about getting better. How do we get better? We get better in the mind. We have a veteran team, they know how to do it. We stay disciplined with our defense and our principles and we make this kind of covenant with each other that we're going to defend.»
Author: Pat Riley
«It is time for us to take advantage of however much time we've spent together.»
Author: Pat Riley
«They just kept hanging in there and then we finally opened it up in the second half.»
Author: Pat Riley
«I was concerned a little bit. We know the NBA when you have a big win on national television. I've seen a half-dozen teams this year have those kinds of wins and the next day get beat by anybody. You just sort of let down. It's natural. We really tried to guard against that.»
Author: Pat Riley
«He's a great player, there's no doubt about that.»
Author: Pat Riley
«The only reason there's a rivalry is because the media has created two icons, very young icons. I don't think there's any kind of rivalry yet. Rivalries are born out of hate. And I don't think players today in this league have a dislike for each other anymore. There's just too much backslapping and hugging and all that stuff.»
Author: Pat Riley