Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
BOBBY KNIGHTWriting was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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
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Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
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There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I’ve always been too confrontational, especially when I know I’m right.
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To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel you’re a part of them and they’re a part of you.
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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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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.
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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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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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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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I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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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I don’t intend to retire.
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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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