535 Quotes by Pat Riley

If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.

I'd like to secure what we've had all season, which is the number two spot (in the playoffs). We have to gather ourselves and get back on track.

It wasn't about that other trivial stuff. This was a story about the Texas Western players, what they had to overcome. I was there, and there were a whole lot of things I didn't know when I saw the movie. The first time I ever saw them play was at the Final Four. There was no ESPN or anything like that in those days. You know that they're going to put some theatrical stuff in there. But I think it should be mandatory for kids today to watch it.

To get him on the move is an objective of ours. All the dunks and lobs he's been getting are a direct result of some of that movement.

My mother always used to say, and she told me time and again this week, 'Life goes on, so get on with it. She couldn't stop saying that to her children. That's who she was. And we're getting on with it.

Teamwork requires that everyone's efforts flow in a single direction. Feelings of significance happen when a team's energy takes on a life of its own.

I'd like to secure what we've had all season, which is the No. 2 spot. We've got to gather ourselves.

It was a barn burner, two teams that just shot the ball well. Both teams were very aggressive.

You have to leave the last two games behind us. We didn't like how we played up there. We didn't play very well. We didn't play well enough to win. Probably didn't deserve to win.