Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.

I've always been the point guard, always been the floor general out there, and it's helped me see things I didn't previously see on offense from a shooting guard standpoint.

As a player I was taught the importance of working four or five passes within your team and then stretching the play. That's something I believe in strongly as a coach.

You don't get the ball and dribble; you get it and move it.

I've played with a couple good shooters, but I've never been on a team where there's been three, four, five, six good shooters. And I've always thought that nothing gets you open more than being surrounded by good shooters.

I just love playing with point guards with high Iqs.

If I have the ball in my hands, I'll make a play. If don't, I'll try to get in position to make a play. I think that's what it comes down to.

I play basketball; I actually like the triangle. It opens things up if you know how to move without the ball and know how to cut. That's the game you learn in high school and younger - pass, cut - basically the fundamentals of basketball, which makes it extremely difficult to guard.

I think I can score. But personally, I like to pass first, because people love people who pass. And I'm a point guard, so my job is to kind of get people open.

When we're able to get stops, get the ball off the glass and run, you never know who's going to get the ball. Everyone takes off, runs to their spots, and the ball just finds the open man.

Coach K tried to implement a style where we passing, moving the ball, the open guy gets the open shot, running in transition.

Once I feel like I know my teammates, know where everybody is going to be, being a basketball player will allow me to attack from anywhere on the court, get better shots and facilitate.

When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.

The triangle is a foundation to an offense.

When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.

Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.

You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw it.

I've got a defensive responsibility as well as trying to get goals and assists. I'm trying to do that.

In high school, I played a lot of point forward, and I had to get everyone involved.

Sometimes in midfield, it's nice because you do get a little bit more of the ball, and maybe out wide you rely on people to get you the ball.

I think I'm a good enough ball handler to bring the ball up the basketball court, and my teammates do a great job of getting open.

Football is the total team game.

Both sides of the game, defensively and offensively, are important.

I like the uniqueness and creativity you can have on a basketball court; there's always a different way to score. Obviously, you have teammates, so it's easier to draw up plays, and tennis, you have your patterns and where you should hit based on percentage.