Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
BOBBY KNIGHTSuperiority 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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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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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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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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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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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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As I’ve said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators – not recently – fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.
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We don’t want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What’s going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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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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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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We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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