Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
BOBBY KNIGHTBasketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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I’ve never felt my job was to win basketball games – rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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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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Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
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As I’ve said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators – not recently – fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.
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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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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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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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