The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
BOBBY KNIGHTIf 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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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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I’ve always had an a$$-to-the-brain theory. When a player’s a$$ gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, Get me off of here.
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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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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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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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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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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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I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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Perform drills that force your players to think
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A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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