Quotes from Stan Van Gundy

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.

I've argued for a long time here... that I think that one of the things that is absolutely killing parity is the individual maximum salary.

I make an excellent salary and work a great job. A lot of the people who voted for Trump don't. Let's say you say you're out of a job and believe this guy is going to get you on back on your feet. You might overlook some stuff not because you believe it. But you're that desperate. They're wrong. But it's what they believe.

I meant what I said about how electing Donald Trump will set our country back. I stand by that. However, I do wish that I wouldn't have made the blanket statement about not respecting anybody who voted for Trump.

Shaq's a very sensitive guy.

Sometimes expanding your game isn't better. Sometimes shrinking your game is a little bit better and really get to the things you do well.

People should never be permitted to feel comfortable while trampling the rights of others.

Larry Brown had quite a resume.

I'd get rid of it, just get rid of the draft altogether. We'd just deal with the salary cap.

I think we get a little carried away with ourselves with sports thinking we're more important than everything else.

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.

Christmas to me, obviously, basketball is very important to me, but there are some days of the year where it's got to take a back seat to something.

I take my job really, really seriously. I also take being a citizen very seriously.

I'm sick of people who supported Trump saying, 'Get over it. You lost.' That's not how America works. We get to critique him the same way they constantly fought Obama. As long as I have a platform, I will continue to speak up because it's my responsibility.

My dad coached 41 years, and I was always around coaches.

There are a lot of good coaches in this league, and there are a lot of good coaches out there.

I've spent my entire life around coaches.

Every coach in every sport, one of their larger concerns is the balance between work and rest. We all think about it all the time.

I'm pretty sure that every player who's ever played for me doesn't hate me. Now, we'd have to do a survey, but I've coached a lot of guys, and I'm pretty sure there's one or two that don't hate me. I don't know that any liked me. But I'm pretty sure there's one or two who don't hate me.

I am more off-the-cuff and wear my emotions on my sleeve more than I should.

I was raised in a home where we grew up where we discussed issues. I've always been really politically aware. My wife and four kids are very aware. They make me more attuned to a lot of things I would not think about. Especially women's issues.

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.

We've changed a lot of things to help certain groups of people. We widened the lane from 6 feet to 12 feet to 16 feet to make it so the big guys aren't as dominant. Well, why didn't we just say, 'You've got to learn to play against them in the post?'

The criticism from the media never really bothered me. I'd correct it when I can, but that's their job. If stuff wasn't personal, then it really didn't bother me.