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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.

Bobby Knight

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Inspirational Teamwork
Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball May
I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Chance Country Games Losing People Sports
For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Awards Favoritism Rewards
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Leadership Motivational
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Country Games Jobs Media People Sports
I also believe that when something negative comes out about you in the media, that’s only one person’s opinion. These guys sometimes believe they’ve been ordained from on high to give the general opinion of the populace, and that just isn’t the case.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Believe Giving Media
The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Country Long People Red
To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Practice Preparation
The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
BOBBY KNIGHT

Practice Reason Volleyball
Positive wish: ‘The sun will come out tomorrow.’ Negative reality: ‘Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess unless something is done to clean it up.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Optimism Reality Wish
All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Education Sports
I’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Athlete Basketball Thinking
I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Art Sports Writing
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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Basketball Country Games People Sports
I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Believe People Thinking

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