Basketball Quote by Jeff Van Gundy

Some players get over-dependable on their coaches.

— Ion Tiriac

Not all players want to play defense. You get in foul trouble, you're going to be on the bench.

— Serge Ibaka

A coach can't be concerned with the poor ballplayer. If the player can't make it, he's got to be out right away. It's a…

— John McNally

I think coaches sometimes think it's always their way.

— Patrick Mouratoglou

Every player wants to play. That's pretty normal. Every player is unhappy when he's on the bench. That's pretty normal, too. But it's football:…

— Xherdan Shaqiri

It's the nature of basketball sometimes: every player and coach are going to have run-ins.

— Andre Iguodala

Players must be able to carry out simple instructions from the bench to the court. If they can't, then they can't play

— Bobby Knight

Sometimes you play and you think you're doing one thing, and then you don't. The coaches are the ones who see it the best…

— Manu Ginobili

Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call…

— Joe Montana

When you have a coach who pinpoints the places you're at most of the time you're on the court, you sort of become a…

— Jeff Green

Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call…

— Joe Montana

When you play professionally, you get accustomed to turnover. Players come and go - they get injured, they get transferred, they get cut from…

— Tim Howard