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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.

Bobby Knight

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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Athlete Basketball Thinking
I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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Believe People Thinking
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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Country Games Jobs Media People Sports
It is better to anticipate than to react.
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Anticipate Better React
Perform drills that force your players to think
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Basketball Player Thinking
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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Day Guarantee Run Tennis Writing
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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Coaching Firsts Thinking
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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Country Driven Games Hell People Sports
The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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Basketball Practice Running
You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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Balls Play Sports
I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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People Worried Worry
It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language.
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Discipline Leadership Sports
All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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Basketball Education Sports
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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Basketball Hard Hockey Work
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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Basketball Country Games People Sports
The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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Practice Reason Volleyball

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