Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

I take my mentoring responsibilities very seriously.

I'm very happy to shoulder the responsibility for my football team.

My father, my first coach, would never let me punk out if I was capable of helping the team.

If I hit a bad punt, and some guys don't make a tackle, and I have to make a tackle for them, that's my opportunity to step up for my teammates.

I'm just ready to do whatever my team needs me to do. I'm just going to be prepared and ready to go out there and do my role, and do whatever my team needs me to do to win games.

I just want to go out there and just be that player that my team needs me to be, whatever they need me to do.

I was captain of Wales; I've been captain of numerous football clubs.

A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.

Ask not what the role can do for you; ask what you can do for the role.

It's nice to put your hand up and do the big things the team requires of you.

Suddenly in the end when it's over, you feel a big weight on your shoulders. That's the role of the captain. Unfortunately, it's sometimes like that in sport.

Every day, when I am working with my boys, I tell them as long as you put in your best efforts, I am there to back you. But the day I find your energy flagging on the field, the day I find you have not put in your best, that's when I will be really upset and sad.

In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

Sometimes, it's good to have a tremendous star, because everyone understands he has to get the ball.

We've got to prove that we can lead, and I'm going to be all-in to help prove that.

My job is to help Virat in the field. He is the captain, and whenever he looks up around, I should be around to complement him and help him as much as I could.

I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.

I'm the only idiot the that decided to coach in my family.

As a player, I have this feeling - and I think every player thinks this - that I am responsible for how my team-mates feel. I just want to do my best and give 100 per cent, and if I do that, they will feel better and think, 'I will give 100%.'

The coaches can only put us in the right position, but it's up to the players to take the action.

I certainly do not want to be remembered as a good captain who perhaps didn't contribute with the bat as much as he might have done.

Whatever the team needs, I'll do.

My individual role is to take the innings as deep as I can and perform in a way that benefits the team most.

I have to take care of my family, my team, and my legacy.

Some nights, you're tired. But I just like to go out there and help my team win and not let my team down. It's the least I can do.