Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

For as long as I remember, big men have dominated the NBA.

And I've always been able to play basketball at the highest level, and been able to play a significant role on the team I've been traded to.

The more better players we have at Barcelona, the better it is for the team and coach.

The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast.

The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered.

Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?

Not many young guys in the league are getting to play valuable minutes for a really good team, so I'm trying to take advantage of it as much as I can.

I'm definitely not the caliber player that LeBron is, but I find it funny how people can criticize him and the way he plays the game. So it's pretty easy to criticize me if they are still able to criticize LeBron.

I was just taught, the team goes how the point guard goes.

I think the biggest thing in this league is how many positions can you guard and do you have a strength offensively that's applicable?

When you are one of the best coaches in the world, it is normal to attract bad reviews if you lose a couple of games.

I love NBA. I enjoy it, and I also really love the dominance that LeBron James brings to the court.

My game has really picked up in the NBA.

The Premier league is better with Mourinho.

Managers and players at different clubs, it's difficult to compare.

You never know about team speed until you get out there. You don't know who is a slow learner. A kid may not be very bright or he may be real bright but he doesn't know football. You've got to find out all those nuances and how they learn.

There are teams spending a lot of money and buying top players from all over the world but it is not about money - it is about your team-mates.

When we are with the national team we are playing against much better players.

It's amazing how much better coaches we become when you have really good players.

LeBron is the best player in our league, but some people have a hard time playing with him.

My ultimate goal is whenever I go on the court, I just want to be known as one of the better players.

I love my job. If I have a chance to play against some of the top talent in the world or whether it's against guys around the corner, I'm going to play.

It would be worse if I have players who are happy if they sit on the bench, because that doesn't mean that we develop our game.

I think that Balotelli could be as good as Torres - and even better than him.

I would never let myself go back there to play another 82-game season in Seattle. I think the team deserves better and the fans deserve better.