106 Quotes by Erik Spoelstra

It's amazing how much things can get exaggerated.

A coach-player relationship in this league often will be confrontational at times. And other times, it's smooth sailing. But just the dynamic of the competitive nature of everybody, expectations, results - all these things combine, yeah, sometimes it will get testy. And that's good.

I'm going to demand. I'm going to push and prod. And a lot of times, players don't know what is needed for a team to break through.

Come on, if you lose, no one's going to be happy and nor should they be.

You're all over the place usually with young players. You're trying to manage their emotions and teach them NBA situations. It usually takes months, even years, to learn and recognize NBA situations and then to develop a level of competitiveness that's necessary at this level.

The reality is that luck does play a part of it. It does. Ultimately it's a make or miss league.

I really find comfort in watching film and obtaining knowledge and I use statistics and computer generated stuff to help me get those stats. That was probably a result of my father's influence on me at a young age.

I have to be true to myself, and that's what I know for sure. I can't try to be anybody else.

I've never really been a barbecue guy.