It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language.
BOBBY KNIGHTEverybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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 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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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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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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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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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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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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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
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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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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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