Frank Vogel

“I'm not from Philly - I'm from South Jersey, but we still consider that the Philly area.”

“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 think every coach brings their own personality.”

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

“Everybody wants to beat their former team, and I'm no different.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The state of Florida is an attractive place to live.”

“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 met my wife here. I had my first daughter here in Boston.”

“Focus on things you can control. Things that are out of control, you can't worry about what the result is going to be, you just focus on trying to do the best in your situation that you can.”

“This is a very stressful profession. Not just coaching, but head coaching at this level with all of the variables that you have on your mind 24/7, it does take a toll on your health and you have to be very cognizant about what's going on with your body and listen to your body and make sure that you take care of your body.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Every great basketball team, every team that's on a championship journey takes steps each year, taking a step further than they were the year before.”

“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.”

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

“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.”