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.
BOBBY KNIGHTThis 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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As I’ve said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators – not recently – fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.
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All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average.
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I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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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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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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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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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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