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.’
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.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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Discipline 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.
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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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What is the best thing you can do in a close game? Drive to the basket and put pressure on the defense! Not jack up jump shots
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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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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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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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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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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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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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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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Perform drills that force your players to think
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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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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I don’t intend to retire.
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.
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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
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A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions that are a lot alike. There aren’t a hell of a lot of really good coaches or writers.
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