535 Quotes by Pat Riley

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.

We didn't play with great desire and we got our heads handed to us for the second game in a row. Crossroads No. 1 is where we're at right now.

If I had a bunch of young, real healthy-had-a-lot-left-in-the-tank racehorses, they'd be three, four hours a day and just loving it. But this is not that kind of team. The team's got a lot of miles on it, but they've still got a lot of talent and you've got to train them a little differently.

He was feeling real free, and we need that from him. That's what we expected when we traded for him, is that we'd have that versatility. Having a great game from Antoine really helps.

They played an absolutely great game. They did what they had to do defensively. It didn't help us that Shaquille got in foul trouble. Any time he gets in foul trouble and has to sit down, it sets us and him back.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

We didn't play the game with a lot of focused energy in the first half. I thought we were a little slow, we looked tired and (Cleveland) looked sharp and they were good.

I can assure you that Shaquille isn't the one that went public about it.

He was having a great game and it was a pretty ugly foul. I think he is OK.