I think coaches should get the same amount of credit in victory that they get in defeat. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
You can't hold up in a FIBA game if you don't have great competitive spirit. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Players and coaches alike, you sign up for 82 games. You get paid for 82. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
All the fascination with numbers conspires to make you forget the beauty of the game sometimes. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
It's staggering how many players, even with the sums of money they make, don't do a great job of saving it. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
All you try to do in any system you incorporate is put players in their areas of strength and try to hide… — 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
You would never find a coach in any sport more giving of his time than Coach Parcells to other New York coaches. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I think anybody confusing a system with a reason for success is making a huge mistake. Systems don't win games. Players do. — 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
When you have the best player, you can do a lot of things. The best player can usually back it up, too. — 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
It's hard enough to coach in this league when you're doing what you believe in. But when you have to try to… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
It's hard to change a roster around. You've got to hit your draft picks right, you've gotta hit free agency right, and… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I think greatness is always good for the NBA. Great players, great teams - it's always good for the NBA. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
As great of a player as Yao was, he was kind and patient with everybody. He wasn't trying to feed an image… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
There is a goodness about Yao that is unique, that never left him through all the pain and injuries and disappointments that… — 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
For professional athletes, I always think about it in these terms: the most difficult diva of women's soccer would be the easiest… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Mark Fox is always criticized recruiting: he can't keep the Georgia kids home. What that means - he's not cheating and paying.… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
As far as LeBron James, to me, he's on his way to carving out the very best career that's ever happened in… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I think the beautiful part about Yao is that his main legacy won't be about the game. His legacy will be about… — 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
