There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I’ve always been too confrontational, especially when I know I’m right.
BOBBY KNIGHTI’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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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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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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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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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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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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A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven’t been as well taught.
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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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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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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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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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Offense is not equal opportunity
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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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When 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.
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