Coach

Family keeps you very grounded.

This league does teach you that it's inevitable that there's constant change, and you always have to continue to embrace change, adapt with change.

You don't have to be humbled to be humble.

When things that normally work aren't working, you have to go to something else.

I'm an NBA basketball coach. I'm not an official, and I'm not trying to be an official.

It is terrific to be involved with changing people's perceptions, and the world is changing.

Basketball is a beautiful game and it's afforded all of us in this profession so many things. To give back any time we can is gratifying.

Simplicity is often one of the greatest strengths.

I'm definitely not trying to go out of my way to create my own image or ensure my own imprint.

Sometimes, you have a hunch and then you find numbers that substantiate that, it makes either the staff or the players say, 'OK, let's fix that.'

Come on, if you lose, no one's going to be happy and nor should they be.

If you're only focusing on yourself, then you're not going to help the team.

I think we would all prefer to have a slightly shorter regular season with less back-to-back games. This would seem to help put out a better product, and it could also possibly help with injury prevention from over-use injuries.

You better believe Goran Dragic is going to have a big impact on the ball.

I'm a product of Pat Riley and his culture.

I've done a lot of the NBA programs in the Philippines and other places in South Florida. But I've always wanted to be a part of BWB in Africa.

You're all over the place usually with young players. You're trying to manage their emotions and teach them NBA situations. It usually takes months, even years, to learn and recognize NBA situations and then to develop a level of competitiveness that's necessary at this level.

Painful experiences can be the most powerful teacher.

My first year in Miami, I didn't even know it was sunny during the winter.

Jimmy Butler embodies those qualities just like the Heat players of our great past have done before. Alonzo Mourning, Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem. He just embodies these qualities of professionalism, of work, of accountability, of being reliable. And he leads.