535 Quotes by Pat Riley

When you're getting kicked, you take it and go on. That's what it's about.

What we've noticed a little bit about Chauncey and what Flip has done with this team, he has injected a sense of energy into his team early. Chauncey is no longer just a late-game (shooter). Throughout the course of the game, you've got to be very aware of him, and obviously at the end of the game you've got to deal with him and what's he doing.

People got a view of absolute greatness. It's absolutely beyond description. I haven't seen players do that in a long time.

I have seen a lot of good first quarters. I don't think I have ever seen one exactly like that. We didn't play well.

We had a lot of shots around the basket that didn't go in. I thought we got frustrated by not getting the calls that we thought we should have got, which leads to complaining to the officials. ... There's got to be a lot more mental toughness against a team like this.

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

(Wade) was real efficient against Portland. He was 13-for-19 tonight, 11 assists. When they load up on (Heat center Shaquille O'Neal ), it makes the defense guard him or not guard him. He's such a great pick-and-roll player.

He reminds me a lot of (Raptors guard) Mike James when he was here his first year. We didn't have a lot of confidence in Mike. It took a while.

Offense I don't think is going to be a problem for us. It's sustained defensive intensity.