Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

When I went to the Dolphins, we retained most of their coaching staff, and of course, we had a few veteran players. So, I just tried to add a few pieces here and there.

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

People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.

You have to figure out that balance between younger players and veteran players, star players, and All-Star players, really a team effort. And then you have to be lucky.

It's up to the manager where and how every player should play, but I think every player should be comfortable in that position.

People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.

You need young, hungry, developing players in your team, but you also need that experience to level things out and get hold of some of the youngsters when they need advice in certain areas of the pitch.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?

I can't figure out how you can draft players for a coach that you know coaches a certain a style, and was successful doing that style, and get him to play a style that you feel comfortable with.

There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.

Some coaches don't want their players to be the stars. They want their systems to be the stars.

We have to understand the abilities of the players. We will try to build a game model with our ideas and with the players we have.

In this business, a lot of coaches are running around thinking they're the reason their teams are winning.

To say we have to play a certain way, or try to, every game is great in theory, but depending what players you have got you have to play to their strengths and cover up their weaknesses.

Arsene knows what he wants and knows how to get the best out of you - that is why he gets such an impressive response from his players.

We have to talk about the players we have.

I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football. It's important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players.

Managers now don't just use 11 players; they have to care about all the squad of 25 or more players.

We cannot try to play in a manner that does not correspond to our players' characteristics.

As a player, I had no idea whatsoever about getting a team ready for a game, what it entails.

Whenever you are coaching, you are trying to get the most balanced team that you can: balance between defense, offense, and rebounding.

Everything is up to the players and not the tactics. They're just small details that can show you the way to play.