Heat Coach Pat Riley, the master motivator, once said of life in the NBA, "There is winning and misery, and even when we win I'm miserable."

Now has a new credo.

"I'm not into winning anymore, and I'm not into losing," he said after Saturday's emotional, 104-102 victory against Utah. "I'm into fighting."

"I think we have to live for the fight. A win is a residual reward that lasts momentarily, then you have another game."

Whether the floundering Heat (8-19) buys into that philosophy remains to be seen.