Highlighting the best recent quote from Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy.

SVG on his team's ability to battle back from big deficits on the road against the Cleveland Cavaliers:

"I think we've proved to the nation that we have mental toughness and will fight back on the road. But I don't think we need to keep proving that by digging ourselves big holes. It takes a lot of energy to keep doing that.

Source: FanHouse

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SVG on how the whistle did not seem to go Dwight Howard's way in Game 4 versus Cleveland:

"When you get calls like that, I'll be honest, it's -- you do start to feel that the guy is a marked man a little bit."

Source: ASAP Sports

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SVG on Magic fans' reaction to the team's losing to the Boston Celtics in Game 5:

"If you're an Orlando fan and you consider a loss like that on Boston's home court humiliating, it probably speaks more to the fact that you haven't seen enough playoff series around here in a long time. That kind of panic wouldn't exist in cities that are used to having teams in tough playoff series year after year after year."

Source: the Associated Press

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SVG on his team's poor performance against the Boston Celtics in Game 2:

"This was not one of the more enjoyable days of my coaching career. They dominated from the get-go. That's the first time in a long time that we've got our butts kicked."

Source: Yahoo! Sports

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SVG on how motivated his team was to close out the 76ers without Dwight Howard:

"We saw where Thaddeus Young said having Howard out would be very big for them. Well, you've got to watch that stuff in this league. This league will bring you to your knees. Our guys are laughing in the locker room. They're saying, 'All we had to do was get rid of Dwight's 24 points and 24 rebounds and we're fine.'"

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

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SVG addressing his critics:

"I'm not holding myself up as someone who doesn't make mistakes and that everything I do is great. That would be foolhardy, and it wouldn't be the attitude that you would want the players to have. As far as me, I think I know who I am and I'm self-aware. But the ultimate judgment of if I'm any good or not goes to other people, and I don't have time to sit and worry about that."

Source: ESPN.com

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SVG assessing his team's performance after two playoff games:

"I don't think we necessarily have guys playing that badly. We're just struggling shooting the ball. I've got to think at some point during this series we're actually going to have a good shooting night."

Source: Orlando Magic Daily

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SVG on taking responsibility for the team if it fails in the playoffs:

"If we don't get as far as we need to go, the two people standing on the firing line are [Dwight Howard] and I."

Source: The Associated Press

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SVG regarding his team's late-season swoon:

"I get upset, but 58 wins is 58 wins [....]"

"We've had a heck of a year. Our guys are very confident. I don't think it will do anything to our confidence. I don't think what's happened will have any affect on the playoffs."

Source: The Orlando Sentinel

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SVG regarding his team's recent stretch of uninspired play:

"I don't believe in flipping the switch, but that is what our guys are trying to do now and we've been able to flip it on in the fourth quarter now a couple of times."

Source: The Orlando Sentinel

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SVG on the Magic's chances of winning a playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers:

"If we ever got into a series with Cleveland, which I'd love to do, we'd have great confidence going in. We have played them well the last two years. We certainly think we would win against them in a series."

Source: NBA.com

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SVG on what Dwyane Wade means to the Miami Heat:

"I don't think there's much question now that Wade is the best player that's ever played here. You can't retire his number because he's still playing. But I'm all in favor of that, retiring both Wade and his number."

Source: The South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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SVG on the league-wide perception that the Magic are soft:

"All I hear is that we're soft and everything else or that we just win games by jacking up 3's. Very few people have realized that we've won games at the defensive end of the floor. I think Dwight has been consistent defensively, I think Rashard has improved dramatically defensively and we have better options to go big."

Source: The Orlando Sentinel

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SVG on the New York Knicks' treatment of their former franchise center Patrick Ewing, now an assistant for the Magic:

"What's amazing is they honor the guy, I don't know, every year. They honor him, but while they've got a lot of ex-players in their organization, they've never made any move to try to hire him. That to me is amazing."

Source: AP

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SVG, after Orlando's narrow defeat to the Cavaliers, on his philosophy regarding three-second violations late in close games:

"You won't see that call again. That, I guarantee you," Van Gundy said. "You will not see, with the game on the line, a 3-second call in the last 10 seconds. That's part of the reason they're 30-1 at home. They're a very good team, and when you get calls like that (expletive), you're in pretty good shape."

Source: AP

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SVG on why Dwight Howard doesn't receive much MVP consideration:

"Leading the league in rebounding and blocked shots while still averaging 21 points a game is just not as sexy as those guys going out and having 40-point nights. It's just tough and I think people are failing to recognize the other end of the floor defensively and his contribution."

Source: The Orlando Sentinel

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SVG on his decision to pair Marcin Gortat and Dwight Howard in the Magic's frontcourt in crunch time in a loss to the Detroit Pistons:

"Over the next five weeks, I want to look at anything that might help going into the playoffs, and I wanted to see Marcin and Dwight together again. A veteran big guy would have handled it better."

Source: The Orlando Sentinel

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SVG on Shaquille O'Neal's egregious flopping while defending Dwight Howard:

"I was shocked, seriously, shocked. And very disappointed cause he knows what it's like. Lets stand up and play like men, and I think our guy did that tonight."

Source: AP

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SVG two days after Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu became a father for the first time after the birth of his daughter, Ela:

"We took a vote and there are a few of us that are concerned with Hedo being responsible for another human being."

Source: Orlando Sentinel

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SVG after the Magic sleepwalked through an embarrassing loss, 120-102, to the Chicago Bulls:

"It bothers me because our guys want to talk about being a contending team. We're just kidding ourselves."

Source: Orlando Sentinel

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SVG after the Magic allowed Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade to score a career-high 50 points:

"My concern is when Dwyane goes into the Hall of Fame and they start putting off his top career games, it's going to be like 50 versus Orlando," Van Gundy joked. "We're going to fill up the entire screen. So, I don't know what to tell you. When I coached Dwyane I really liked him, but I'm not so sure anymore. Our relationship is strained."

Source: AP

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SVG after Magic GM Otis Smith acquired Rafer Alston from the Houston Rockets:

"No matter what happens, it's on us now. Otis has gone out and done his job and done it extremely well. He's really helped us with this move."

Source: AP

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SVG to his coaching staff during the New Orleans Hornets' 117-85 victory over the Magic:

"We haven't had a game plan or an adjustment tonight that's worked, so no point yelling at our guys. This is all on us."

Source: Hornets24/7

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SVG after Dwight Howard's dominant 45-point, 19-rebound, 8-block effort against the Charlotte Bobcats:

"Dwight was unbelievable, unbelievable. I mean phenomenal. He just put us on his back. That's leadership right there, that kind of play on the floor. It kept everyone else motivated."

Source: AP

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SVG discusses Miami Heat center Jamaal Magloire to reporters after the Magic's 103-97 loss to Miami:

"He's like those guys in hockey who come in and beat people up. Some of those guys can't skate, but they have a role. Jamaal Magloire has a role and that role is to beat the hell out of people."

Source: Palm Beach Post

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SVG after the Magic pulled off impressive wins against Atlanta and San Antonio in the same week:

"If you don't think we're good, that's fine."

Source: ESPN

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SVG explains his team's poor second-half performance to reporters after a big 88-68 win over the New Orleans Hornets:

"When my wife wants me to do things around the house, I do just good enough of a job to not get yelled at. That's human nature."

Source: AP