Everybody hears, but few listen.
BOBBY KNIGHTI sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Practice structure determines success.
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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven’t called walking for 20 years, now you don’t know what it is. When you call walking, you’re about half right.
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If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.
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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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From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I’ve always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, “I’m Bob Knight.”
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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.
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You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There’s not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you know. We’re two overweight lovable guys that kids really enjoy.
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You see we’ve got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he’s still coaching. I really don’t understand that.
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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team.
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