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.
BOBBY KNIGHTAnd I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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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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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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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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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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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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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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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I’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
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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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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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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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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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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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