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.
BOBBY KNIGHTOffense 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.
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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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Practice structure determines success.
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I’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
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A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven’t been as well taught.
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, ‘He’s saying God screwed the pitcher.
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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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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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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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You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.
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