The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
BOBBY KNIGHTMost people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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You can’t imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, “God, you treat those assholes like I’d like to treat them.” And my question is, “Then why don’t you?”.
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In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
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So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, ‘He’s saying God screwed the pitcher.
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It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language.
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When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter.
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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Son, my name isn’t Knight to you, it’s coach Knight or it’s Mr. Knight. I don’t call people by their last name and neither should you.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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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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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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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.
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