All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average.
BOBBY KNIGHTGood basketball always starts with good defense!
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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When my time on earth is done and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, so my critics can kiss my ass.
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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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Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that’s going to happen, let’s make it happen.
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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When we’re playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man’s job to stop the center. It’s the responsibility of our perimeter people to stop the ball from going inside.
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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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 always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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