I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
BOBBY KNIGHTWhen 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.’
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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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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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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Perform drills that force your players to think
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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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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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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.
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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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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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If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
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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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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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