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
BOBBY KNIGHTThere 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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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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In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven’t called walking for 20 years, now you don’t know what it is. When you call walking, you’re about half right.
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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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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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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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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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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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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