As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
BOBBY KNIGHTIf you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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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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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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Offense is not equal opportunity
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Son, my name isn’t Knight to you, it’s coach Knight or it’s Mr. Knight. I don’t call people by their last name and neither should you.
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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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When we’re playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man’s job to stop the center. It’s the responsibility of our perimeter people to stop the ball from going inside.
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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
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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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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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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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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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Perform drills that force your players to think
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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