Stan Van Gundy

While people can differ on the issues, no one should seek to discourage freedom of speech.

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.

We took the handcheck out of the game to give guys like Steph Curry more freedom. Why didn't we say, 'Just get in the weight room and get stronger?'

Being twins goes way beyond my relationship with my brother. That's a lot deeper bond.

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

I enjoy the challenge of being a head coach.

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.

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.

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

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.

Shaq's a very sensitive guy.

It's hard to be successful over the long term if you're not unified and there's not that synergy between coach and front office.