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
You can't hold up in a FIBA game if you don't have great competitive spirit. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I think coaches should get the same amount of credit in victory that they get in defeat. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Providence had a graduate assistant job opening. They asked me if I wanted to apply, and I applied. That break right there… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I think fans oftentimes get an inferior product on back-to-back games, and I think that has to be the number one thing… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
When Jordan was averaging over 30 and shooting over 50 percent, he was doing it with less shooting on the floor for… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to focus on what Ben Simmons can't do, which is shoot and try to rush him into being a range… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Manu Ginobili - I like to watch him. I would pay to watch him play the game. He will try things that… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
People talk about Kobe's 81-point game, the second-highest scoring game in NBA history. I saw the game. I don't care if it… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I think there are much bigger differences between players in this league than between coaches. There is a big gap between LeBron… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
You need your best players to play their best when their best is needed — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
There's always been conflict, inherent conflict between players and coaches. — 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 Image
If Kyle Korver blocks your shot there should be a penalty box you should go to! — 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
Often, organizations don't know how good they have it with a player or coach. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
You start comparing people, and ultimately, somebody feels diminished. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
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 Image
