If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
BOBBY KNIGHTI sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
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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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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was ‘It will be O.K.’ I would wonder, ‘How the hell is it going to be O.K.?’ The worst word in the English language is ‘hope.’
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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?
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team.
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I’d probably be better off without trying to satisfy me, with my sense of humor. There are things that I have said that are funny to me, but they weren’t to somebody in the press. So that hasn’t worked to my benefit.
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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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Pat has been instrumental in what we’ve done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we’ve done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that’s Pat.
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In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
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I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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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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