I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.
It's different as a coach because you feel responsible for a lot of people. Even though you don't take a shot, you don't get a rebound, you feel like you just want people to succeed and you want to help them any way you can.
I'm pleased that they performed as well as they did while we've been in Miami and that's about as far as it goes. Now, we've got to go home and play as well or better.
I felt like we would have definitely won an NBA championship if everyone was healthy.
It just feels good to say we're the best team in the world, with the best player in the world.
We didn't do much different against LeBron. We were just more active and more competitive.
Our team, because of our depth and our talent, we were able to do that, and it turned into a special season as a result.
I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy.
Yeah, I know there's been all this talk this year especially about the 3-point shot and can you win shooting it. There's a lot of different styles that can work. You have to base it on your own personnel.
I'm not skilled enough to explain properly how we feel. Not only me, but I'm sure Tony and Tim and Pop feel the same way. Last year was a tough one for all of us. We felt like we had the trophy, that we were touching it, and it slipped away. We all felt guilty. We got to this spot, and we didn't let it go.
Steve held us to a high standard. He told us he was going to when we first met him at the USA camp. He's been a great leader. I mean, the guy always keeps his composure. He has an amazing mind for the game, and man, Steve, I'm just proud of him. The way he's balanced everybody and let us know what our roles are, he's been great for us. Him and the whole coaching staff. We all deserve this together, we work so hard.
I'm just thrilled for so many people. Our players, mostly, but the people in our organization - Rick Welts, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber and the whole group. It's just a phenomenal group of people. I think as a coach you just appreciate kind of the big picture a little bit more.
I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it.
Not even thinking about anything. My mind is a blank. We just want to enjoy the moment.
All 14 guys on the team have sacrificed something to get to this point.
I've been blessed with an amazing group of guys in my first year, I can't believe how lucky I am.
Obviously he deserved that Finals MVP award. He is a great talent and he is a huge reason why we are celebrating.
If that's the last image of Michael Jordan...how magnificent is it!?
So after 11 years you're just picking up all this information. I'm a basketball junky, so I watch old players. The '90s was a great era of basketball. I watched so much of that. That just helped me be a student of the game and pick up any moment. It's the 10,000 hour rule. You're just trying to master your craft.
We want to get another one.
Growing up, I always dreamed of winning an NBA championship, never a gold. A gold was something that never crossed my mind.
I'm proud of everybody in our organization. Not every story has a happy ending. Doesn't mean it's a bad story.
LeBron doesn't have any weaknesses, or he doesn't have a glaring weakness. So you've got to pick up on the smaller things to try to make him uncomfortable. Like knowing which side he likes to shoot threes off the dribble, which side he likes to drive. One side he'll drive left more often, and the other side he'll drive right more often.
I want to say congratulations to Cleveland and Coach Blatt. LeBron is an incredible player.
We just don't give in. If you can bend and not break, you always got a chance.
