I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
BOBBY KNIGHTGood basketball always starts with good defense!
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter.
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And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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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’ve never felt my job was to win basketball games – rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
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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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I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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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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Practice structure determines success.
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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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 don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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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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