“They didn’t win. You’ve got to deal with it. You’ve got to come back.”
That is, admittedly, only a very small snippet of a speech Pat Riley gave in June 2014, not long after the Heat were dealt a humbling 4–1 defeat in the Finals by the Spurs. In a now-infamous monologue (that may or may not have contributed to LeBron James leaving Miami that summer), Riley memorably challenged his organization to bounce back from the decisive loss.
Since then having “the guts,” as Riley eloquently put it that day, has become a common refrain around the Heat whenever the team is heading into a high-pressure situation.