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.
BOBBY KNIGHTI would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
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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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You see we’ve got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he’s still coaching. I really don’t understand that.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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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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Perform drills that force your players to think
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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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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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As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It’s conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.
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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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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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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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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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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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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.
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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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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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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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