Frank Vogel Quotes

What gets me upset about with the newer players is their lack of intensity. They tend to go through the motions a little bit. They don't understand that you've got to practice the way you play.

I don't care if it's a preseason game or not. You want to win.

I think it was the preparation and every thing Lombardi represented, you know, about hard work and that every game was important. So when you get to the real important games, you were ready to go.

We gotta play hard and leave it all out there. Dive for lose balls, take charges, just do whatever it takes to win the game.

People sometimes have a false view of track and field, that it's kind of soft and kind of friendly. And guys aren't necessarily laughing and joking, but everyone's just friendly and 'ha ha, he he.' I just came in and just was like, 'Nah, I don't know what y'all talking about, but every single time I step on the line, I'm trying to win.'

All we can do is come in here and hoop, play hard, stay competitive and try to win.

I'm going to compete every possession.

A Man United team should never be outworked.

I like to relax; of course I do! But when I am inside the pitch, that is it. You have to go on full on from the first minute.

Every time I step on the court, I have to give my all.

My main thing is I'm going to compete on every play, try to be focused on both ends of the court. That said, I'll always bring my excitement, my swag, to the game.

We all have to go into the game and play hard, no days off, no possessions off and when we get a little lead don't get comfortable.

You've got to play hard every minute you're on the court.

I train harder than anyone else in the world. Last year I was supposed to take a month off and I took three days off because I was afraid somebody out there was training harder. That's the feeling I go through every day - Am I not doing what somebody else is doing? Is someone out there training harder than I am? I can't live with myself if someone is.

You always want to feel better but I'm good. My thing is once you get to the playoffs, you do whatever it takes. You've got to lay it on the line.

As long as you put me out on the court, I was gonna play hard.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

You get into sports with the idea that you want to win. If you aren't trying to win, what's the point in being involved?

I've always been a very harsh judge of talent because if you don't play the game on both ends of the court, and if you don't play hard every night, I'm probably not going to be in love with you as a player. I'm going to respect you because you're good, but these players are unique.

Our teams always play hard.

But I am a basketball player going out there to compete, I am going to try to win no matter what. That is just in my blood.

We're not necessarily going to be more athletic than the other team, but we can outwork them, and we can be tougher than they are.

You can never take your foot off the gas pedal. You have to play the right way at both ends.

It's hard going out there and not doing what I can to help this team win.

New Yorkers always want to win. But it's just as important to us that you show us that you're trying like hell to do it for us.