Stan Van Gundy Quotes

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Stan Van Gundy

Profession : Coach

Birth : August 26, 1959

One of the things I've said to teams and players from time to time - especially when things are going well like we had them going in Orlando - is that you better appreciate it and enjoy it because things change quickly in this game. You know, it's tough for guys to really think it will change on them, but it does.

Stan Van Gundy

My dad has coached a long time, so there aren't too many conversations in my family that haven't centered around basketball.

Stan Van Gundy

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

Stan Van Gundy

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.

Stan Van Gundy

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.

Stan Van Gundy

When you have privilege, you have to been quiet and listen.

Stan Van Gundy

People with advantages don't tend to want to give them up. If you see it as a zero-sum game, then it will never change. If only the people who are disadvantaged speak out, then it's not enough. I don't want to overshadow their voices, but I want to support.

Stan Van Gundy

There are serious issues of inequality and injustice in this country... I stand with those opposing such bigotry.

Stan Van Gundy

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

Stan Van Gundy

Obviously, race is the elephant in the room, and we all understand that. Unless it is talked about constantly, it's not going to get better... people have to be made to feel uncomfortable, and especially white people, because we're comfortable. We still have no clue what being born white means.

Stan Van Gundy

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.

Stan Van Gundy

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.

Stan Van Gundy

I do not claim to be an expert on race in America.

Stan Van Gundy

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.

Stan Van Gundy

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.

Stan Van Gundy

Selling advertising on jerseys is preferable to keep jacking up prices on the fans.

Stan Van Gundy

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.

Stan Van Gundy

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.

Stan Van Gundy

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.

Stan Van Gundy

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.

Stan Van Gundy