Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
BOBBY KNIGHTEverybody hears, but few listen.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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 would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
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From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I’ve always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, “I’m Bob Knight.”
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I’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
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I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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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.
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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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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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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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