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Pat Riley Quotes

«Half of the guys were asking, 'What is this about? This is just about a hoop game, right?' I said, 'No, no it's not. You'll find out. It's a lot more than that. I would recommend the NBA show it to all of its young players. These Texas Western guys paved the way, and a lot of these guys don't even know it.»
Author: Pat Riley
«We are all so quick to judge around here, but the demise of Shaquille O'Neal has been greatly exaggerated. I guarantee you that.»
Author: Pat Riley
«We are winning, but not at the rate that I think we should. I don't think people are satisfied with it. I know I'm not.»
Author: Pat Riley
«This is an entirely different basketball team than I've ever coached. The personalities are different. There's a lot of great things. There's a lot of things that have to be purged. It's just a whole different view. There's a lot of good parts, so it's going to take some time to figure it all out.»
Author: Pat Riley
«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.»
Author: Pat Riley
«We played the game very well offensively. So much better than we did (in Friday's loss) against San Antonio.»
Author: Pat Riley
«Brent hit the big one to sort of put the nail in the coffin.»
Author: Pat Riley
«We feel like with this trade we traded a lot, but we got back three quality players. Antoine Walker is one of the very best, multi-faceted, versatile players in this game.»
Author: Pat Riley
«When he came to the Lakers, Bob McAdoo told me how much the game meant, how it changed everything, how it opened up the world for black kids in the South. I guess I never really thought of it that way, that we were such a big part of history.»
Author: Pat Riley
«To get him on the move is an objective of ours. All the dunks and lobs he's been getting are a direct result of some of that movement.»
Author: Pat Riley