I also believe that when something negative comes out about you in the media, that’s only one person’s opinion. These guys sometimes believe they’ve been ordained from on high to give the general opinion of the populace, and that just isn’t the case.
BOBBY KNIGHTGood basketball always starts with good defense!
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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I don’t intend to retire.
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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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A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven’t been as well taught.
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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 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.’
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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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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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.
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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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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel you’re a part of them and they’re a part of you.
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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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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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