At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven’t called walking for 20 years, now you don’t know what it is. When you call walking, you’re about half right.
BOBBY KNIGHTMental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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 may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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When my time on earth is done and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, so my critics can kiss my ass.
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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My overall point is that ‘one and dones’ are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.
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Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team.
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As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It’s conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.
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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I’ve always been too confrontational, especially when I know I’m right.
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From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I’ve always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, “I’m Bob Knight.”
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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Perform drills that force your players to think
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