Pat Riley

The schedule just makes it almost impossible.

I know it sounds like an excuse, but even long distance, there wasn't FaceTime back then.

There wasn't any of these things where you could really contact them other than a call at night.

Talk to Chris, put Elizabeth on for a minute, put James on for a minute.

We're chasing our dreams.

out there still and that that to me and and also you know not being around you know chris as much as i you know at that time too and traveling uh

And that's why I don't travel now that much because I don't want to be away from her at this age.

And he's got the trips.

He's got the road trips.

And he mixes up the road trips now by going and seeing the Eagles or Springsteen or something.

Yeah, well, I'm not a maniac, but I was definitely preoccupied.

You can call it, you know, whatever you want, describe it.

matters the most right yeah so you know when you come to you know that thought process I'll steal another quote don't know who the author was

A man or woman's greatest fear is their fear of extinction.

But what they should fear even more than that is to become extinct one day with insignificance.

And what that always meant to me is that all I ever wanted to do in my life is something that mattered and counted.

And I did that in sports.

I didn't do that as a husband and or a father as much as I wish I could have.

So that's something that we all talk about when you talk to longtime life friends

coaches they would at my age all of them say the same thing i wish i i could have you know i i'm you know nick saban you know uh dick bennett you know i mean these coaches that are getting out of college basketball that are great coaches