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Pat Riley Quotes

«I said that already before. Of course they (ESPN) made big deal of it. That's what they do. But it's the same thing I've told to my beat writers.»
Author: Pat Riley
«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.»
Author: Pat Riley
«Eddie's always been the kind of guy coming off the bench with great energy, a real pure heart. It's hard to find guys like him.»
Author: Pat Riley
«It wasn't about that other trivial stuff. This was a story about the Texas Western players, what they had to overcome. I was there, and there were a whole lot of things I didn't know when I saw the movie. The first time I ever saw them play was at the Final Four. There was no ESPN or anything like that in those days. You know that they're going to put some theatrical stuff in there. But I think it should be mandatory for kids today to watch it.»
Author: Pat Riley
«I think [Wade] could be a lockdown, shut-anybody-down defender if he chose to be. And we have to get him there, because he has the ability to change the game at one end of the court just as well as he can change it from an offensive standpoint.»
Author: Pat Riley
«I have a Louisville Slugger in my locker. It's like 42 ounces. We corked it also, with cement.»
Author: Pat Riley
«The demise of Shaquille O'Neal has been greatly exaggerated. I can guarantee you that - and I coach him.»
Author: Pat Riley
«He might get 100. If you can get 81 . . . absolutely. He has the mentality to do that and conditioning. He's one of the best conditioned athletes in the world.»
Author: Pat Riley
«If you can get 81? Absolutely. You just need 10 more attempts.»
Author: Pat Riley
«Anybody who's got the kind of energy to try to hoist up (nearly) 70 shots is going to score a lot of points. It's remarkable, the execution and the efficiency, but we've got a lot of guys in this league, if they took 70 shots, they'd score a lot of points.»
Author: Pat Riley