Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

I am there for the athletes I coach.

Coach Spurrier was just an amazing competitor. I felt I learned to really love the competition of it all from watching him and being around him. All his assistant coaches were great recruiters, very professional in how they handled their business. So as a young guy, I got to see that all the time.

I'm really proud of my coaches and the people I have training with me.

A mentor is someone with a willingness to help others, who has a capacity to inspire, a determination to work hard, a clear sense of vision, an inspiring purpose, a deep sense of integrity and an appreciation for joy.

Since I got into coaching, Coach Carroll's been nothing but great to me and always been willing to help and share some advice and give a perspective.

I spent a lot of time with Rahul Dravid, working on my game and chatting about cricket. He helped me a lot in the games I played for India 'A.'

Sir Alex Ferguson sent me a letter wishing me good luck before my fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. He also sent me a United shirt, signed by all of the players. It was a really nice touch and typical of the man who has always made himself available to managers in this country whenever they've needed advice.

Rod Strickland has been influential. He gives me a lot of advice, good and bad games; he is someone I really look up to a lot.

Phil Neville has been great in terms of the pointers he has given me.

The youth is the future, and anything I can do to give to them, I'll do it.

I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.

I like to be supportive and a role model.

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

A good teacher who can take the zero pay and help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially, is literally an angel.

I like to do stuff for my brothers and sisters to appreciate because they look up to me, and for other kids around the world who want to get into acting or who just want to have somebody to look up to.

Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.

I take my mentoring responsibilities very seriously.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

I try to develop others. I get a great deal of joy out of helping people who, over the years, I've spent a lot of time mentoring - and just trying to get them to another level.

Becoming a coach has to be in your blood. There are hundreds and thousands of former athletes out there, but there are maybe only 10 people who want to dedicate their lives by taking on a job as a coach. Not only a master, a coach should also be a brother or sister to his apprentices.

Transformed people transform people.

Lee's great gifts are teaching and inspirational guidance, not administration and management.

My brother Larry. He taught me how hard work and dedication to the game was the only way to make it. He's taken care of all my business activities for me and my family for many years, and I thank him for that.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.