Good basketball always starts with good defense!
BOBBY KNIGHTI’m not sure sports writing is an art.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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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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I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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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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What is the best thing you can do in a close game? Drive to the basket and put pressure on the defense! Not jack up jump shots
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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And I guarantee you, I’m a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don’t want to play tennis with me. The don’t want to play me in golf. They don’t want to f***g run with me
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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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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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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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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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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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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