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.
BOBBY KNIGHTWell, 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
-
-
I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
BOBBY KNIGHT -
Good basketball always starts with good defense!
BOBBY KNIGHT -
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT -
Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
BOBBY KNIGHT -
I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
BOBBY KNIGHT -
Pat has been instrumental in what we’ve done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we’ve done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that’s Pat.
BOBBY KNIGHT -
If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
BOBBY KNIGHT -
In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
BOBBY KNIGHT -
I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
BOBBY KNIGHT -
I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
BOBBY KNIGHT -
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT -
Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
BOBBY KNIGHT -
I don’t intend to retire.
BOBBY KNIGHT -
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
BOBBY KNIGHT -
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT







