535 Quotes by Pat Riley

Derek (Anderson) made some big plays coming down the stretch and then we got the miracle. I don't know how the ball ended up in Alonzo's hands, but it ended up in his hands and he dunked it.

Obviously I'm very happy with the win and the fact that we had 26 assists and a lot of guys involved. Tonight we did a lot better at cutting and spotting quickly. We just made a lot better decisions.

We're supposed to be one of the top teams in the league. We've assembled some of the top talent in the league. This team needs to understand that when we come to another team's arena, that it is a big event. We came in here and the Hornets took it from us.

I think we know who we are. We're disappointed with the loss because we caught them at the end of a tough trip. We came out strong but we couldn't finish it.

Obviously, it was a surprise, based on what's been happening for us. We were running; they were missing. We were running; they were missing.

We had a handle on him in the first half. But when he starts to drain 27-footers, you have to change things up.

No gas manager wants to send out high bills. If we're in public gas, that's not what we're about. We're about serving our customers.

That's our objective, to win one more game. Then we will change our routine.

I think we know what we're doing. Coming into the gym every single day and getting a sweat, when you get to this time of the year, you get into really good shape. I don't know if the body needs to sweat every 24 hours or, if at least, it should.