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.
BOBBY KNIGHTI 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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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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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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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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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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When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter.
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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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 don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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