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.
BOBBY KNIGHTEverybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter.
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I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I’m sure not fat.
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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Pat has been instrumental in what we’ve done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we’ve done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that’s Pat.
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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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When we’re playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man’s job to stop the center. It’s the responsibility of our perimeter people to stop the ball from going inside.
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
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There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I’ve always been too confrontational, especially when I know I’m right.
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Practice structure determines success.
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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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