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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.’

Bobby Knight

The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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Basketball Practice Running
Offense is not equal opportunity
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Basketball Game Offense Opportunity
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
It is better to anticipate than to react.
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Anticipate Better React
If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.
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Basketball Class People
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
I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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Country Games People Sports Volleyball
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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Basketball Hands Selfish
In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
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Basketball Nba Order
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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Definition Follow Ingredient Parent Time
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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Better Happen More Sport Well
You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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Balls Play Sports
Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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Basketball Motivational Sports
For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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Awards Favoritism Rewards
Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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Art Country Games People Sports Writing
I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I’m sure not fat.
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Basketball Running Writing
Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
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Fixing Needs Pitfalls
Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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Basketball May
The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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Accuracy Country Games Media People Simple Sports
Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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Basketball Game Men Passing
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
I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
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Chance Country Games Losing People Sports
A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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Basketball Running Team
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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Basketball Desire Failure
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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Basketball Country Games Growing People Sports
We don’t want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What’s going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?
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Deal Defeat Game might Thing

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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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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