I don't know about any others, but coaching basketball is the only thing I can do. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
It can get good quickly in this league, and it can get bad quickly. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Are you playing for your teammates and coaches? That's how it should be. — 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
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
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
Players with high character get better. Players with a serious approach get better. The fools never get better — 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
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
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
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
Among the hardest-working players I've ever been associated, Yao stands at the very top of the list. Beyond that, though, here's what… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I have known Marbury since he was in seventh grade, and I have always felt he is a hell of an NBA… — 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
There are a lot of young teams that all they are is young. That doesn't mean they have a chance to be… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I frankly think the NBA All-Star game has run its course, the whole dunk contest... The game - if those guys actually… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Every team has leadership. The leadership is the best players. But there's positive leadership, and there's negative leadership. — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
The best player's responsibility is to unite and inspire your teammates to play up to their full maximum ability, and that never… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
There are certain aspects that I miss of coaching. But you can't just pick out the good parts. You've got to be… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
There are franchise players to build around that have championship-level talent, skill, basketball IQ, and character - it's hard to find those… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Whenever you are coaching, you are trying to get the most balanced team that you can: balance between defense, offense, and rebounding. — 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
