Pat Riley

I just let them go.

And then I felt his presence of Zoe.

He opened the door and Zoe sculpted, he was in his basketball shorts and he was standing there like this and he's going,

And I'll never forget it.

He said, coach, I know you're feeling low.

He said, but you got to come back in here and you got to finish the season.

And he just filled me up.

He said, I know and I can relate to how low you are.

He just filled me up.

I walked in and they were all they were all in that locker room.

A bunch of gladiators, you know, you know, half naked, you know, some still in their uniforms and just sitting there.

And I'll never forget when I walked in, they straightened up in their chairs.

You know, they just sort of straightened up for a minute for the coach.

And, you know, that made me even feel good or better.

You know, I mean, that made me feel better because,

They knew how hard I took it.

And it was my job to make sure I could give them some solace in this moment because we had been through this like three years now.

But that's where I think a lot of people miss what coaches do and what they have to do prior to games and post-games.

There are those moments that are definitely seminal moments that you'll take with you for the rest of your life.

You'll never forget that time.