Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

Your best players have to unite and inspire the group ... otherwise, they'll divide the group

Your decisions reveal your priorities

Players with high character get better. Players with a serious approach get better. The fools never get better

Just concentrate on what you're supposed to do

I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble

Don't worry about being cool. Worry about being the best

I would pay to watch Ginobili play.

I quit the Knicks so I know what quitting is, I did. I quit. And it's something I regret to this day. I live with it every day and I regret it. And I let my emotions come into it. And I was just emotionally spent. I made a bad decision and I quit.

How forthright does the audience want the broadcasters to be? Because when you tell your truth, there's a lot of anger that comes out. I think it's a good question to ask TV people [executives] too. How much truth do they want to be told? How much truth does the league want told? Because the truth isn't just a positive truth. If you're going to tell the truth, you would be telling a lot of positive and some negative.

Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique

Sometimes I look like I was under interrogation. Some people just don't look good in clothes. In New York, Armani and all those clothing people used to call me up and tried to pay me not to wear their clothes. This is as good as it's going to get ... and then it's all downhill. I'll be fine. I never feel as bad as I look.

If Kyle Korver blocks your shot there should be a penalty box you should go to!

You need your best players to play their best when their best is needed

When you know better and you don't do better, you're no better

The best teams play for each other, not with each other