535 Quotes by Pat Riley

I've seen a lot of plays like that. I coached Magic Johnson.

We're caught between a rock and a hard place.

I'm sure that everybody will say that I'm just up here trying to complain, but I don't see how he could ever get to the basket. I don't care if he's 340 pounds. They get locked into such a defensive position that they just hold him. ... Impeding his progress. But he's got to find a way to get around that.

He did things that I haven't seen in a couple of years.

I've spoken to James about it. He understands. He just wants to win and he'll do whatever it takes.

All year long we do 15 players, and they should do 15 in the playoffs. I don't understand the thinking at all behind it. We're the ones that have sort of dedicated ourselves in investing the money in three extra players and having them there, and we should be rewarded for that.

I'm tired of hearing it. Tired of hearing about how, well, we keep shooting ourselves in the foot or we're not doing this or we're not doing that. Somewhere, you've got to take responsibility for who you think you are.

Yesterday was a blow. There's no doubt. But I'm ready to roll. We're ready to roll. It's not going to affect me.

He is a very athletic, quick, explosive scorer and has great experience. One of the reasons why we are making the trade is that we haven't had anyone here like that since Tim Hardaway left.