Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
BOBBY KNIGHTMy 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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Perform drills that force your players to think
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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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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I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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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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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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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 sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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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