I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
BOBBY KNIGHTWhat 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
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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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
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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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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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Practice structure determines success.
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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Superiority and success doesn’t favor good effort or self-esteem… The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.
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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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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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I’ve never felt my job was to win basketball games – rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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