As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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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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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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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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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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You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There’s not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you know. We’re two overweight lovable guys that kids really enjoy.
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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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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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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, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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You see we’ve got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he’s still coaching. I really don’t understand that.
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I don’t intend to retire.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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