American - Coach | August 26, 1959 -
I take my job really, really seriously. I also take being a citizen very seriously.
Stan Van Gundy
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Athletes have the same rights everybody else does. If there is a strength in our democracy, it's that we are encouraged to exercise those rights and speak out and hold people in power in check.
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Our country was founded on protest. If it was just shut up and honor your country no matter what, we'd still be flying the Union Jack. That's not what our founding fathers did. They didn't like what was going on, and they broke away and formed their own country.
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I do not claim to be an expert on race in America.
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I have been in a unique position to hear from players and staff members about the issues they and their families have had to encounter.
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I think we disregard fans too much. They drive our sport. The money has gotten so big that it has become a corporate league other than the nosebleed seats.
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Selling advertising on jerseys is preferable to keep jacking up prices on the fans.
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As NBA coach, people get on you. But politics, maybe even more so at the local level, is nasty on a very personal level. I have a thick skin, but I don't want to deal with it.
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I don't think anyone could be the next Dick Vitale. I mean that in a good way. More than an announcer, Dick is an ambassador for the game. Dick is in class by himself. Like what he does or not, what he has done to expand the popularity of college basketball is phenomenal.
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I think, look, you have to be aware of the language, and you have to be aware a little bit of your own biases if you're going to overcome them.
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The hardest thing to do in this league is to get a proven star. It's just very hard to do. It's hard to do in free agency; it's hard to do in trades. You get very few opportunities to do it.
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If I ever feel a sense of anxiety, it's usually over things that I have some control over, or I'm anxious about me making the right decision.
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