Quotes of Pat Riley - somelinesforyou

“ Show the world how much you’ll fight for the winners circle. ”

- Pat Riley

“ If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges. ”

- Pat Riley

“ Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable. ”

- Pat Riley

“ Great effort springs naturally from great attitude. ”

- Pat Riley

“ To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way. ”

- Pat Riley

“ There’s always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning. ”

- Pat Riley

“ To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way. ”

- Pat Riley

“ A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning. ”

- Pat Riley

“ If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges. ”

- Pat Riley

“ A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team. ”

- Pat Riley

“ You've got to give him credit. He just stepped up. You could see he wasn't really mobile. ”

- Pat Riley

“ We were hanging on, and we have to give him credit. He just stepped up. He wasn't that mobile, but he did have an effect once he got a little bit warm. He had a great fourth quarter. ”

- Pat Riley

“ We feel like with this trade we traded a lot, but we got back three quality players. Antoine Walker is one of the very best, multi-faceted, versatile players in this game. ”

- Pat Riley

“ They (Boston Celtics) played extremely well in the first half. They were focused and they had a tremendous approach to the game. ”

- Pat Riley

“ It's a good bounce-back game. We needed to get out of our system what happened the last couple of games. ”

- Pat Riley

“ They (Boston Celtics) played extremely well in the first half. They were focused and they had a tremendous approach to the game. ”

- Pat Riley

“ That was obviously another one of those games. They (Boston Celtics) played extremely well. They were focused and they had a tremendous approach to the game. They executed in the first quarter flawlessly. They did not feel our defense and they did not feel our presence… ”

- Pat Riley

“ A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team. ”

- Pat Riley

“ I think they've turned the corner. They've accumulated a tremendous amount of talent. Ever since (Thomas) has come here, the talent level has gone through the roof. That's all I know. ”

- Pat Riley

“ Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it. ”

- Pat Riley

“ People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards. ”

- Pat Riley

“ You've got to give him credit. He just stepped up. You could see he wasn't really mobile. ”

- Pat Riley

“ Maybe something happened at the other end of the court, but I don't like that. There has to be dignity at the end of the game. ”

- Pat Riley

“ When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb. ”

- Pat Riley

“ Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards. ”

- Pat Riley

“ You've got to have all your weapons against that team. ”

- Pat Riley

“ Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards. ”

- Pat Riley

“ You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game. ”

- Pat Riley

“ I don't think I ever had any enjoyment in the playoffs until you won. ”

- Pat Riley

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

- Pat Riley
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