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.
BOBBY KNIGHTAs his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel you’re a part of them and they’re a part of you.
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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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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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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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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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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I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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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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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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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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