Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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Superiority and success doesn’t favor good effort or self-esteem… The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.
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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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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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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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All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average.
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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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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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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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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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You see we’ve got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he’s still coaching. I really don’t understand that.
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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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