Pat Riley

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

And they were asked questions why they're leaving at such an early age.

And they're all talking about, I always felt that my job as a coach was to develop young men, was to help them grow.

And when they graduate from my university, that they're ready.

And this NIL or this portal or all the things that are going on in college

College sports right now has driven some of the greatest coaches from what their passion was and what they thought they were doing

But Chris and I figured it out.

I mean, we figured it out and you understand it.

So, I mean, just the nature of the job for 57 years is that our life was from September until the end of the season, April, May, June.

you're in this life and it could be a wonderful orient express ride or a train wreck and you have to go through that and your your life is owned by a schedule and you have to work everything around that schedule that's all there is to it and so you know when you have that kind of schedule and then your vacation time is simply from august to september 1st and that's it every year thank you buddy thank you for everything yeah