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.
BOBBY KNIGHTThe red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
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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, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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Superiority and success doesn’t favor good effort or self-esteem… The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.
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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 tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I’m sure not fat.
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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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Practice structure determines success.
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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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