I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
BOBBY KNIGHTA coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, ‘He’s saying God screwed the pitcher.
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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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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.
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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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.
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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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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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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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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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This is like the town council just hired a new marshal to clean up the town, I guarantee you, if I stay here long enough, they’ll get rid of me, too.
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