You need your best players to play their best when their best is needed — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I don't know about any others, but coaching basketball is the only thing I can do. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
To me, it doesn't matter who's out there: NBA basketball is great - if teams are putting out their best players and… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Detroit Pistons basketball slogan: When the going gets tough, we fire the coach. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Your best players have to unite and inspire the group... otherwise, they'll divide the group — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Phil Jackson was a brilliant basketball coach, not just because of the offense that he employed, but it was so many other… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Players with high character get better. Players with a serious approach get better. The fools never get better — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I think Jeff Hornacek is a very, very good basketball coach and an outstanding person. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I grew up dreaming about being an Olympic basketball player: Doug Collins getting smashed into the stanchion, making two free throws. Phil… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Why is UCLA and Georgia Tech in China to play a basketball game? Missing all that school, and then force-feeding their fans… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
My father and mother have given me so much love, so much support, that it would trivialize their parenthood if I would… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Often, organizations don't know how good they have it with a player or coach. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share
To be successful in anything, you have to have a passion for it, and that leads to being enthusiastic and demanding. I didn't have… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share
The beauty of growing up in a coaching family, particularly one that isn't at the very highest level, is that you get to be… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share
Goaltending was brought in because of Mikan and Chamberlain. So rules do change for specific players, in concert with a need to stay up… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share
Manu Ginobili - I like to watch him. I would pay to watch him play the game. He will try things that will drive… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share
Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share
In one era, it's hard enough to compare people. But comparing people of different eras... that's next to impossible. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share
I love listening to Coach Belichick's press conferences: even though they may not be what the media wants, they're great coaching, teaching tools. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share
