Top 101 Quotes & Sayings by Frank Vogel

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American priest Frank Vogel.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Frank Vogel

Frank Paul Vogel is an American professional basketball coach. He previously served as the head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Vogel also previously served as an assistant coach of the Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics. He coached the Lakers to an NBA championship in 2020.

Too many young guys on one team isn't good.
My wife and I grew up in the Northeast but my daughters are sort of small-town girls, from the Midwest.
When I do get in that environment around other coaches, I do have an extra bounce in my step. — © Frank Vogel
When I do get in that environment around other coaches, I do have an extra bounce in my step.
The state of Florida is an attractive place to live.
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.
We watched a show called 'Outer Banks' which was really good.
I feel like winning starts with defense and rebounding.
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.
What I would say is every assistant coach in the NBA wants to be head coach.
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'm not from Philly - I'm from South Jersey, but we still consider that the Philly area.
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.
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?
Coaching in the NBA is a tough trick. — © Frank Vogel
Coaching in the NBA is a tough trick.
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.
I'm an optimist by nature.
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?
The Lakers have always been on the forefront and anywhere LeBron has been, has been on the forefront.
The Orlando Magic is a great organization.
I like playing size per position defensively.
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.
As a coach, you have to play to how your team is built.
No, I don't think you can ever worry about playing not to get hurt. I think that's when you get hurt.
I had a persistent mindset that I was going to make something happen for myself.
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.
Be thirsty to always try to achieve something more.
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.
It's tough to get wings deep post catches when you're playing with two bigs all the time.
I don't like isolation play, unless you're in the low post.
I have nothing but positive feelings about the Pacers.
The city of Orlando has so much to offer.
I hope to create a culture here in Orlando where we're winning and we're having fun doing it.
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'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 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.
You've got to stay away from those plays that zap your energy.
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.
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. — © Frank Vogel
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.
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.
Nobody impacts winning more than LeBron James.
I always want to help people that are in need.
When you have your roster set up different ways, you really just have to examine the roster, find out what their strengths and weakness are and hopefully you take your roster and the vision you want to implement of how you want to play and you can tweak your roster to create that.
I actually missed some assignments at Kentucky because my teachers were like, 'Didn't you check your e-mail?' I was like, 'I don't really know how to use e-mail.'
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.
The NBA? Never in my wildest dreams when I was playing in Division III basketball.
I am a positive-energy, enthusiasm type of a coach and I'm going to spread that to everybody that will feel it.
I think every coach brings their own personality.
I grew up the No. 1 Michael Jordan fan on Earth. I was from the Philadelphia area and Jordan was king.
Charge-taking can be one effective way to affect the rim, but the whistle's gonna blow a lot. — © Frank Vogel
Charge-taking can be one effective way to affect the rim, but the whistle's gonna blow a lot.
I love offensive physicality.
I'm very good at blocking out noise.
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 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.
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.
You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.
Mom and Dad were the best. I never clashed with them.
I think players have ups and downs in their careers.
I was at a basketball camp when I was a kid and the lecturer used basketball spinning to teach us a lesson on never being satisfied with what you've accomplished. The lecturer talked about how the game of basketball was about learning to control the ball through dribbling and passing and shooting.
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.
It's always great to compete against the 76ers and to have friends and family watch.
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