I’ve always had an a$$-to-the-brain theory. When a player’s a$$ gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, Get me off of here.
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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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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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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My overall point is that ‘one and dones’ are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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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 basketball always starts with good defense!
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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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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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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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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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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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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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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that’s going to happen, let’s make it happen.
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Perform drills that force your players to think
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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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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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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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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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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.
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