Frank Vogel
One of the hidden benefits of me being a student manager at Kentucky was me having the responsibility of driving Rick Pitino to his motivational speaking engagements.Collection: Motivational
I did feel support right from the start from LeBron. He's always shown me a great deal of respect dating back to our battles when I was in Indiana and competing with the Heat in the conference finals, and coaching him in the All-Star Game.Collection: Dating
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.Collection: Thankful
You reach for the stars and you work your butt off to achieve your dreams. If you fall short, you fall short, but you say you gave it your best.Collection: Dreams
I've always been of the mindset that relationships can be different and relationships can go bad with different people. That doesn't mean they're going to be a bad relationship with me.Collection: Relationship
Be thirsty to always try to achieve something more.
Nobody impacts winning more than LeBron James.
A player-led team is better than a coach-led team, no doubt.
I think players have ups and downs in their careers.
I like playing size per position defensively.
I love offensive physicality.
I don't like isolation play, unless you're in the low post.
It's tough to get wings deep post catches when you're playing with two bigs all the time.
We watched a show called 'Outer Banks' which was really good.
The city of Orlando has so much to offer.
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.
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.
My wife and I grew up in the Northeast but my daughters are sort of small-town girls, from the Midwest.
I hope to create a culture here in Orlando where we're winning and we're having fun doing it.
I graduated in biology by overcoming an incredibly impossible science workload in college. The knowledge does nothing for me, but knowing I achieved that makes me feel like I can achieve anything because those science classes in biology are just impossible.
I had a persistent mindset that I was going to make something happen for myself.
The NBA? Never in my wildest dreams when I was playing in Division III basketball.
Mom and Dad were the best. I never clashed with them.
I was playing division three basketball and I wanted to find a way to work in basketball full-time. The way to do that was not in division three right away; you'd have to be a part-time assistant or whatever. So, I made the decision to transfer to Kentucky. Just so I could get my feet wet and maybe get a job in D-1.
I'm sort of an optimist, a high energy type of enthusiastic guy. Someone that tries to be genuine with the players, I'm not a guy that's going to come in and be a drill sergeant.
I think every coach brings their own personality.
The state of Florida is an attractive place to live.
I feel like winning starts with defense and rebounding.
The value in having bigs that have the ability to shoot from the perimeter has increased and having bigs that have the defensive versatility to not only protect the rim, but to switch out and defend smaller guards, the value of that has also increased.
There are a lot of 7-footers that aren't good shot blockers whether it's their athleticism, their quick jump, their eye-hand coordination, their ability to get their hands on the ball. Part of it is just instinctual.
Too many young guys on one team isn't good.
You work hard and you drill daily all the habits that you need to win at basketball and you're going to create a winning culture.
I'm not from Philly - I'm from South Jersey, but we still consider that the Philly area.
It was larger than life - the 76ers, Dr. J, Moses Malone, Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Bobby Jones - those were the teams that I grew up following.
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.
No, I don't think you can ever worry about playing not to get hurt. I think that's when you get hurt.
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 really think your roster and your personnel dictates your style of play. When you have David West and Roy Hibbert does it make sense to play spread pick-and-roll game when you have those abilities inside?
From Game A to Game B, your whole focus is on improving your team and what is the next challenge. What does the next team present? What are the solutions to the puzzle?
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 grew up the No. 1 Michael Jordan fan on Earth. I was from the Philadelphia area and Jordan was king.
The Lakers have always been on the forefront and anywhere LeBron has been, has been on the forefront.
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.
What I would say is every assistant coach in the NBA wants to be head coach.
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.
It's always great to compete against the 76ers and to have friends and family watch.
Paul George is just a gifted guy that has versatility that no one else in the league has - in terms of playing ones, twos of threes, and really just blanket another team's top perimeter scorer.
Charge-taking can be one effective way to affect the rim, but the whistle's gonna blow a lot.
I'm very good at blocking out noise.
You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.