American - Coach | January 19, 1962 -
Systems are overrated; players are underrated.
Jeff Van Gundy
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Everyone's system in the NBA makes sense. It all comes down to the quality of player and the quality of execution.
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D'Antoni can be successful playing slow or fast because he is a bright guy who has very creative ideas.
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If you are going to call out your teammates, you have to call out yourself, too. You can't just separate yourself from the rest, because if you are going to get 90 percent of the credit when you win, you have to be willing to take 90 percent of the blame when you lose.
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The best player's responsibility is to unite and inspire your teammates to play up to their full maximum ability, and that never occurs if you try to separate yourself as part of the problem.
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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.
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Kobe Bryant is a terrific offensive rebounder.
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At first, you can play into the naivete that people think you have because you don't dress well. They almost give you the benefit of the doubt. But when success comes, that's no longer a good angle, so now you're 'a political animal.'
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I want to control everything that goes into winning or losing.
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Losing has an unbelievably negative impact on me.
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I read somewhere that failure is an event, not a person, but I never feel that way. It's who I am.
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Dwight Howard is a Hall of Fame player.
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