When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was ‘It will be O.K.’ I would wonder, ‘How the hell is it going to be O.K.?’ The worst word in the English language is ‘hope.’
BOBBY KNIGHTWhen my time on earth is done and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, so my critics can kiss my ass.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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Practice structure determines success.
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If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
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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.
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions that are a lot alike. There aren’t a hell of a lot of really good coaches or writers.
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BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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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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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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And I guarantee you, I’m a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don’t want to play tennis with me. The don’t want to play me in golf. They don’t want to f***g run with me
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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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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Offense 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.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I’ve always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, “I’m Bob Knight.”
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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Son, my name isn’t Knight to you, it’s coach Knight or it’s Mr. Knight. I don’t call people by their last name and neither should you.
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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