I love Greg Monroe.
— Stan Van Gundy
I applaud the professional athletes using their platform to voice their opinions.
Tom Gores has been involved in the City of Detroit, not just the surrounding area.
I'd get rid of it, just get rid of the draft altogether. We'd just deal with the salary cap.
Larry Brown had quite a resume.
The biggest thing I learned at Wisconsin was, it's all who you work for, not where you work or what level.
My dad was a basketball coach, and so I went to his games. But baseball was the sport I could enjoy with him, whereas with basketball, I wasn't with him.
I think one of the most important things for a young player's development is that they understand that they will play when they deserve the right to play.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There are serious issues of inequality and injustice in this country... I stand with those opposing such bigotry.
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.
My dad has coached a long time, so there aren't too many conversations in my family that haven't centered around basketball.
I'm sort of a negative guy.
While people can differ on the issues, no one should seek to discourage freedom of speech.
People of conscience are compelled to oppose racism, sexism, and intolerance of people with different sexual identities and orientation wherever and whenever they see it.
Everybody tries to take a tragedy and turn it to their own political purposes, and it's both sides.
Sometimes standing up for things that are right makes things tougher.
I enjoy the challenge of being a head coach.
Being twins goes way beyond my relationship with my brother. That's a lot deeper bond.
I don't think I'm any different than most coaches, honestly. Maybe Steve Kerr. The guy never loses.
I think it inhibits a guy's development when he's simply handed minutes and doesn't have to do anything to earn them, and thus, there's no reason to work harder or change the way you play.
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.
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.
Selling advertising on jerseys is preferable to keep jacking up prices on the fans.
I do not claim to be an expert on race in America.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I've spent my entire life around coaches.
Peaceful protest is a hallmark of our democracy. It has been in impetus for social change throughout our history.
I support most charitable organizations.
There's no such thing as a longtime Magic coach.
I've been very, very fortunate. I don't need to work another day in my life. I have all the security I need.
At Wisconsin, I wasn't working for people who believed in me.
I couldn't throw, run, hit, or hit for power.
When 'Sports Illustrated' came out with their 50 most fashionable people in sport, that fact that I wasn't on that list is a travesty.
The best people make mistakes.
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 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.
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.
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.
I take my job really, really seriously. I also take being a citizen very seriously.
When you have privilege, you have to been quiet and listen.
There are a lot of good coaches in this league, and there are a lot of good coaches out there.
Tyrone Corbin is a class act.
