I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
BOBBY KNIGHTI sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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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.
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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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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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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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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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I’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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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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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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