I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
BOBBY KNIGHTThere 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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I also believe that when something negative comes out about you in the media, that’s only one person’s opinion. These guys sometimes believe they’ve been ordained from on high to give the general opinion of the populace, and that just isn’t the case.
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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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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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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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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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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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I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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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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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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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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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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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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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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