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.
BOBBY KNIGHTDiscipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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I’d probably be better off without trying to satisfy me, with my sense of humor. There are things that I have said that are funny to me, but they weren’t to somebody in the press. So that hasn’t worked to my benefit.
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And I guarantee you, I’m a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don’t want to play tennis with me. The don’t want to play me in golf. They don’t want to f***g run with me
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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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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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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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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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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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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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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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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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