Top 50 Frank Vogel Quotes

I think players have ups and downs in their careers.

The film room teaches you how to do the job, how to study the game, how to teach the game from film. How to create an advantage for your team by knowing your opponent, and all their plays and tendencies. And there’s no better guy in the world that I’ve been around than Jim O’Brien at breaking down film.

I think there’s a danger in letting someone else shape how you’re going to approach a player. Every person has somebody who’s going to say something negative about them, you know? If you pay attention to all that stuff instead of seeing it for your own eyes, you can miss out on some opportunities.

I’ve got a lot of coaching friends in the business, in basketball and in other sports, that really when you talk about choosing jobs, you want to make sure that you have a strong ownership group and the reputation of the DeVos family is as good as it goods.

You don’t ever really wanna be let go from a job, but like anything that happens in life, you gotta make the best of your situation.

I was just thankful to be a student manager, and if that led to a high school coaching job or maybe I could stick at a small Division I school as an assistant, that would have been a success for me.

A lot of times those things are shaped by coaches you work with, but other times they’re shaped by coaches you admire and study.

I love offensive physicality.

You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.

The NBA? Never in my wildest dreams when I was playing in Division III basketball.

I like playing size per position defensively.

Growing up in South Jersey, I have always been an Eagles fan. I don’t paint my face or anything like that, but I deeply care about the team.

Too many young guys on one team isn’t good.

Every player that I’ve ever been around that’s worth a damn wants to be challenged and wants to be pushed, and wants to be coached hard, and wants to be held accountable.

If you have an elite defense, that can be your third star, so to speak.

To have the ability to not have to change your lineup every night – if you’re playing a big team, you don’t have to take your smalls out; and if you are playing a small team, you don’t have to pull your bigs. When you have bigs who are versatile and can play both styles then you can stay true to who you are every night.

The city of Orlando has so much to offer.

No, I don’t think you can ever worry about playing not to get hurt. I think that’s when you get hurt.

It’s always great to compete against the 76ers and to have friends and family watch.

We don’t want to give up free throws. Those are mistakes.

You compete to win games, but the people that you meet and are able to help, develop and grow – that’s the most rewarding part of this job.

Charge-taking can be one effective way to affect the rim, but the whistle’s gonna blow a lot.

It’s tough to get wings deep post catches when you’re playing with two bigs all the time.

I liked medicine. I liked helping people. I liked the biology of it and understanding how the body works.

I love watching game tape. I can do it all day long and enjoy every minute of it.

The reason that I met my wife was because the lockout of ’99. There were about six months where there was no film and no work and I had a social life.

You spend your entire time 24 hours a day thinking about when is the next game, and you put together the plan and that’s a lot of fun. When the game’s ready to go, it’s just exciting to see how all your studying is going to pay off.

I always want to help people that are in need.

I feel like winning starts with defense and rebounding.

I was giving everything I had to classes, and I was getting a 2.6. I knew that wasn’t going to get me into med school.

I had a persistent mindset that I was going to make something happen for myself.

I really wanted to stay in Indiana forever, but this is a business and you’ve got to respect the decisions that are made.

I hope to create a culture here in Orlando where we’re winning and we’re having fun doing it.

When you defend and rebound and you trust the pass on the offensive end, you’re going to have the ability to win a lot of games.

The Lakers have always been on the forefront and anywhere LeBron has been, has been on the forefront.

The state of Florida is an attractive place to live.

You coach your own system for so many years, that’s all you ever know. To be able to step inside and see how others do it was very beneficial.

If you commit to the defensive end of the floor, you’re going to have a chance to win every night. And if you’re a great defensive team, you’re going to go to the playoffs.

My wife and I grew up in the Northeast but my daughters are sort of small-town girls, from the Midwest.

Being able to step away from your work is big. Not even the actual work of sitting down and looking at game tape, but actually putting your job aside and focusing on other things. That’s a big part of being successful in this league.

Be thirsty to always try to achieve something more.

Well, any teacher or coach derives his greatest pleasure in their profession or their process when they see their pupil succeed, so I would say I definitely enjoy that part of the game.

What I would say is every assistant coach in the NBA wants to be head coach.

I was sort of obsessed with the Phillies as a young kid.

I’m very good at blocking out noise.

A player-led team is better than a coach-led team, no doubt.

When I do get in that environment around other coaches, I do have an extra bounce in my step.

I feel that each opportunity has been a learning experience for me and will help me grow and be a better coach here in L.A.

I am a positive-energy, enthusiasm type of a coach and I’m going to spread that to everybody that will feel it.

I have nothing but positive feelings about the Pacers.