Quotes from Erik Spoelstra

The more that we've tried to think conventionally in terms of guys playing just a specific position, it restricted us a little bit.

League-wide, 99 percent of the rumors are just way off base.

It's always easier to sacrifice when you're not the one who has to do it.

Seasons just don't go easy all the way through.

It's really a shame for the coaching profession that it's so volatile.

I've never really been a barbecue guy.

I have to be true to myself, and that's what I know for sure. I can't try to be anybody else.

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

You have to be able to compete, put yourself out there, make yourself vulnerable, to go for something that you want.

My wife has now made a point of, after losses, to bring our son into the bed when he wakes up in the morning. So when I'm waking up and I'm still obsessing over whatever happened the night before, I see this little guy right in front of me smiling and wanting to connect with me. It's totally changed how I compartmentalize.

I want to do this for as long as I possibly can and coach as many different teams and opportunities and different kind of personalities. I want to gobble that all up. And I want to be able to give and add value to these teams.

When players come in and we talk to them about what it means to be a Miami Heat player, we point them at Udonis Haslem.

When you get into the playoffs, there become a lot of different storylines. But it's all about putting together a team that competes for a title.

You have to be ready for anything in the playoffs.

Competition matters.

I don't condemn fans for getting excited about possibilities.

I've always loved Air Jordans. My favorite one was the Air Jordan No. 1 with the black front. What's ironic about that is I don't own a pair of those. I probably have countless pairs but they're my favorite ones. I had the poster in my room. Those are my favorite Jordan shoes of all time. I've just never bought them for myself.

If you're a competitor, this is what you want. You want all of the games to have meaning, context and to be the best competition.

You obviously have to build a culture, a foundation. You must build the right talent however you do it. Then you have to build the systems and the habits.

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.

I'm going to demand. I'm going to push and prod. And a lot of times, players don't know what is needed for a team to break through.

Each game, each series, there's so many different things that are going on and you have to find different ways to impact winning.

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.

We're always trying to evolve and find more efficient ways, more fluent ways to evaluate our players, evaluate our opponent and evaluate our prospects.