We don’t want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What’s going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?
BOBBY KNIGHTWhy talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel you’re a part of them and they’re a part of you.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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