One of my college roommates was into The Police, and I got to like them. But I hear one of the guys left the band. Jeff Van Gundy Read Quote
Why is UCLA and Georgia Tech in China to play a basketball game? Missing all that school, and then force-feeding their fans the idea of ‘student-athletes.’ Jeff Van Gundy Read Quote
In one era, it’s hard enough to compare people. But comparing people of different eras… that’s next to impossible. Jeff Van Gundy Read Quote
The beauty of growing up in a coaching family, particularly one that isn’t at the very highest level, is that you get to be in the gym – that’s where you grow up. Jeff Van Gundy Read Quote
I don’t ever remember wanting to do anything but coach. My dad obviously influenced me. But it wasn’t because he sat there and drilled coaching stuff into our heads. We were on the bench keeping the scorebook and traveling with the team on weekends. It was such a great upbringing. Jeff Van Gundy Read Quote
I was asked to do something and represent my country. That’s a great honor. This isn’t about what it could do for me but what I could do for U.S.A. Basketball. Jeff Van Gundy Read Quote
My father and mother have given me so much love, so much support, that it would trivialize their parenthood if I would reduce it just to basketball. But my dad does call me before and after every game. And when we lost a game we shouldn’t have, he told me it wasn’t my fault. And I appreciated that, because he was trying to pick me up. Jeff Van Gundy Read Quote
People talk about Kobe’s 81-point game, the second-highest scoring game in NBA history. I saw the game. I don’t care if it was 79, 81 – I just remember the game. I remember the moves. I remember the shots. I remember the beauty of it. The numbers? What he shot from the field? I don’t care. Jeff Van Gundy Read Quote
