Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average.
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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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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As I’ve said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators – not recently – fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.
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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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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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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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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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I’ve always had an a$$-to-the-brain theory. When a player’s a$$ gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, Get me off of here.
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So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, ‘He’s saying God screwed the pitcher.
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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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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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Practice structure determines success.
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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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