For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
BOBBY KNIGHTFrom 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.”
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team.
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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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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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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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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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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Positive wish: ‘The sun will come out tomorrow.’ Negative reality: ‘Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess unless something is done to clean it up.
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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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