I’ve always had an a$$-to-the-brain theory. When a player’s a$$ gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, Get me off of here.
BOBBY KNIGHTYou are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven’t been as well taught.
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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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Superiority and success doesn’t favor good effort or self-esteem… The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I’m sure not fat.
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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was ‘It will be O.K.’ I would wonder, ‘How the hell is it going to be O.K.?’ The worst word in the English language is ‘hope.’
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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