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Football Quotes by Frank Vogel

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Frank Vogel talks about constantly improving his team and facing the next challenge. He mentions enjoying every part of the job, from studying opponents to helping players grow, and recalls a lesson from a basketball camp about never being satisfied with what you’ve achieved. He also says good players want to be challenged, pushed, and coached hard while he studies the roster for strengths and weaknesses.

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The NBA? Never in my wildest dreams when I was playing in Division III basketball.

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Nobody impacts winning more than LeBron James.

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I'm a very competitive person and losing doesn't sit well with me.

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You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.

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I feel like winning starts with defense and rebounding.

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I like playing size per position defensively.

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I think every coach brings their own personality.

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What I would say is every assistant coach in the NBA wants to be head coach.

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From Game A to Game B, your whole focus is on improving your team and what is the next challenge. What does…

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I grew up the No. 1 Michael Jordan fan on Earth. I was from the Philadelphia area and Jordan was king.

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The fact Jeff Teague has never been an All-Star is puzzling to me because he's certainly an All-Star-caliber player,

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You coach your own system for so many years, that's all you ever know. To be able to step inside and see…

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What's important to us is developing the habit of playing harder than our opponent every night.

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There's a lot of different ways to be successful in college basketball. Most of it stems from talent and having the ability…

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It was larger than life - the 76ers, Dr. J, Moses Malone, Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Bobby Jones - those were…

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Every great basketball team, every team that's on a championship journey takes steps each year, taking a step further than they were…

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I did feel support right from the start from LeBron. He's always shown me a great deal of respect dating back to…

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I was playing division three basketball and I wanted to find a way to work in basketball full-time. The way to do…

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I really think your roster and your personnel dictates your style of play. When you have David West and Roy Hibbert does…

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There are a lot of 7-footers that aren't good shot blockers whether it's their athleticism, their quick jump, their eye-hand coordination, their…

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Paul George is just a gifted guy that has versatility that no one else in the league has - in terms of…

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I thoroughly enjoy this profession and everything that goes into it - from improving your own guys and also the game-planning and…

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This is a very stressful profession. Not just coaching, but head coaching at this level with all of the variables that you…

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I think there's a danger in letting someone else shape how you're going to approach a player. Every person has somebody who's…

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I think players have ups and downs in their careers.

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We don't want to give up free throws. Those are mistakes.

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As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.

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A player-led team is better than a coach-led team, no doubt.

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I played a lot of sports growing up. I played soccer.

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A lot of times those things are shaped by coaches you work with, but other times they're shaped by coaches you admire…

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Every player that I've ever been around that's worth a damn wants to be challenged and wants to be pushed, and wants…

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The Lakers have always been on the forefront and anywhere LeBron has been, has been on the forefront.

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When you have your roster set up different ways, you really just have to examine the roster, find out what their strengths…

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I was at a basketball camp when I was a kid and the lecturer used basketball spinning to teach us a lesson…

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I've got a lot of coaching friends in the business, in basketball and in other sports, that really when you talk about…

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Being able to step away from your work is big. Not even the actual work of sitting down and looking at game…

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The value in having bigs that have the ability to shoot from the perimeter has increased and having bigs that have the…

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When you defend and rebound and you trust the pass on the offensive end, you're going to have the ability to win a lot…

I hope to create a culture here in Orlando where we're winning and we're having fun doing it.

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I thoroughly enjoy this profession and everything that goes into it - from improving your own guys and also the game-planning and studying the…

I love offensive physicality.

I had a persistent mindset that I was going to make something happen for myself.

I am a positive-energy, enthusiasm type of a coach and I'm going to spread that to everybody that will feel it.

When I do get in that environment around other coaches, I do have an extra bounce in my step.

A lot of the better offenses sacrifice defense to be a good offense and I'm not interested in doing that.

I've always been of the mindset that relationships can be different and relationships can go bad with different people. That doesn't mean they're going…

The reason that I met my wife was because the lockout of '99. There were about six months where there was no film and…

I played a lot of sports growing up. I played soccer.

I love watching game tape. I can do it all day long and enjoy every minute of it.

I was at a basketball camp when I was a kid and the lecturer used basketball spinning to teach us a lesson on never…