535 Quotes by Pat Riley

From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

It's in our hands. I'm not looking at numbers. I'm not looking at who they are playing.

Our guys had tremendous energy to start the game. I hate to say it: Then the game got stopped -- whistle after whistle after whistle.

We just kept hanging in, hanging in, hanging in.

I don't have an answer for that team. We don't have a defensive game for them.

Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle.

It was a ploy ... a way to get them to think bigger. It means something, but it's not what we are playing for.

Our guys had great respect for this team. They stung us.

We don't see anybody close to that in the East. I'm not worried, unless we play them in the Finals.