Pat Riley

They had to put something personal in there, rosary beads, your mother's pictures, your family, whatever it is, something that counted was in there.

They got me at the right time when I was probably yelling and screaming.

Well, Peyton said to me, OK, coach, I see the date.

But how are we going to do it?

What are you going to do to help us get there?

I mean, he laid it right on me.

We're down 0-2, and we did not play well in Dallas.

And I said, Gary, if you'll just follow me, we will get it done.

I didn't say that with an arrogance or a hubris.

It might sound like it.

I said, you've got to follow me now from game to game because we did not execute worth a damn down there.

We didn't do the things that we talked about doing after we beat Detroit in that glorious sixth game win here in Miami.

And for the next four games, then we just turned Dwayne loose.

who at that time became the greatest player in the world during those two weeks.

He was incredible.

35 a game, averaging 18, 19 free throws a game.

God bless you, Mark Cuban.

God bless you.

I know he was upset with the officiating, but Dwayne earned that.

God bless you, Avery Johnson, because you never stopped doubling Shaq.