The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
BOBBY KNIGHTI’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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I’m sure not fat.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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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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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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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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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in 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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My overall point is that ‘one and dones’ are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.
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As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It’s conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.
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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.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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