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As great of a player as Yao was, he was kind and patient with everybody. He wasn't trying to feed an image or cultivate a brand or manipulate a public persona.
Jeff Van Gundy
Great
Patient
Everybody
Kind
He
Feed
Cultivate
Brand
Persona
Trying
Public
Manipulate
Image
Player
Stop the nonsense about 'student-athlete.'
Jeff Van Gundy
About
Nonsense
Stop
In one era, it's hard enough to compare people. But comparing people of different eras... that's next to impossible.
Jeff Van Gundy
People
Impossible
Enough
Era
Eras
Different
Next
Hard
Compare
Comparing
I miss coaching - certain elements of coaching.
Jeff Van Gundy
Miss
Certain
Coaching
Elements
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
Love
Me
Game
Fault
Mother
Father
Lost
Before
Every
Would
Parenthood
Given
Pick
He
Support
Call
Because
Does
Reduce
Up
Trying
Just
After
Much
Dad
Basketball
Appreciated
I don't like comparing people or teams.
Jeff Van Gundy
People
Like
Teams
Comparing
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
History
Game
People
Remember
Care
Beauty
Field
Saw
About
He
Talk
Kobe
Scoring
dont Care
Just
Moves
Shot
Shots
NBA
Numbers
I quit the Knicks, so I know what quitting is. I did. I quit. And it's something I regret to this day. I live with it every day, and I regret it. And I let my emotions come into it. And I was just emotionally spent. I made a bad decision, and I quit.
Jeff Van Gundy
Day
Every Day
Emotions
Regret
Decision
Made
Live
Every
Spent
Bad
Something
Emotionally
Knicks
Come
Know
Did
Quit
Just
Quitting
If sports science really has a beat on what's healthy for the players, then they need to tell the league how many games that is healthy for players to play and then only play that many games.
Jeff Van Gundy
Sports
Science
Healthy
Tell
Only
Beat
League
How
Then
Really
Games
Many
Play
Players
Need
It can get good quickly in this league, and it can get bad quickly.
Jeff Van Gundy
Good
Bad
League
Quickly
Get
Goaltending was brought in because of Mikan and Chamberlain. So rules do change for specific players, in concert with a need to stay up to date on how coaches are taking advantage of the rules.
Jeff Van Gundy
Change
Rules
Stay
Brought
Date
Taking
Advantage
Taking Advantage
Concert
Because
How
Up
Up-To-Date
Coaches
Specific
Chamberlain
Players
Need
I enjoy watching Gregg Popovich-coached teams.
Jeff Van Gundy
Enjoy
Teams
Watching
I have known Marbury since he was in seventh grade, and I have always felt he is a hell of an NBA player.
Jeff Van Gundy
Hell
Seventh
He
Since
Known
Felt
Always
Grade
NBA
Player
If your best offensive players go down, all you can do is hang on.
Jeff Van Gundy
Best
You
Down
Go
Offensive
Hang
Your
Players
I grew up dreaming about being an Olympic basketball player: Doug Collins getting smashed into the stanchion, making two free throws. Phil Ford and Mike O'Koren in 1976.
Jeff Van Gundy
Free
Dreaming
About
Collins
Throws
Smashed
Ford
Making
Up
Getting
Being
Grew
Mike
Player
Olympic
Two
Phil
Basketball
Basketball Player
You can't hold up in a FIBA game if you don't have great competitive spirit.
Jeff Van Gundy
Great
You
Game
Spirit
Up
Hold
Competitive
There are certain aspects that I miss of coaching. But you can't just pick out the good parts. You've got to be all-in and understand there's some negatives, too.
Jeff Van Gundy
Good
You
Too
Negatives
Out
Good Parts
Some
Pick
Miss
Parts
Understand
Got
Just
Certain
Coaching
Aspects
Players and coaches alike, you sign up for 82 games. You get paid for 82.
Jeff Van Gundy
You
Alike
Sign
Up
Get
Coaches
Paid
Games
Players
When I'd watch myself coaching, I'd say, 'Man, I look bad,' but I never felt I didn't have a sense of humor with the team. Maybe I was too over-the-top serious.
Jeff Van Gundy
Myself
Man
Sense Of Humor
Humor
Sense
Too
Say
Bad
Never
Over-The-Top
Look
Felt
Maybe
Coaching
Team
Serious
Watch
Kobe Bryant is a terrific offensive rebounder.
Jeff Van Gundy
Bryant
Terrific
Kobe
Kobe Bryant
Offensive
Mark Fox is always criticized recruiting: he can't keep the Georgia kids home. What that means - he's not cheating and paying. That's what it means.
Jeff Van Gundy
Home
Cheating
Mark
Kids
Criticized
Recruiting
He
Always
Georgia
Means
Paying
Keep
Fox
Dwight Howard is a Hall of Fame player.
Jeff Van Gundy
Hall
Fame
Dwight
Player
You would never find a coach in any sport more giving of his time than Coach Parcells to other New York coaches.
Jeff Van Gundy
Time
You
Giving
Other
Would
Find
More
Never
New
Sport
His
Than
York
Any
New York
Coach
Coaches
I think greatness is always good for the NBA. Great players, great teams - it's always good for the NBA.
Jeff Van Gundy
Good
Great
Think
Always
Greatness
Teams
NBA
Players
When Jordan was averaging over 30 and shooting over 50 percent, he was doing it with less shooting on the floor for himself. He had less spacing to work with. He was going against defenses that were allowed a lot more liberties as far as physical contact, how hard they fouled, and all those things.
Jeff Van Gundy
Work
Those
Liberties
Physical
Percent
More
Had
Allowed
He
Jordan
Contact
Over
Himself
How
Doing
Were
Lot
Shooting
Going
As Far As
Against
Far
Hard
Less
Floor
Things
Often, organizations don't know how good they have it with a player or coach.
Jeff Van Gundy
Good
Know
How
Often
Coach
Organizations
Player
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