Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
BOBBY KNIGHTWhy talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
BOBBY KNIGHTFrom the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I’ve always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, “I’m Bob Knight.”
BOBBY KNIGHTI don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
BOBBY KNIGHTBasketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
BOBBY KNIGHTIt has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language.
BOBBY KNIGHTI’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.
BOBBY KNIGHTThere 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.
BOBBY KNIGHTSo 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.
BOBBY KNIGHTPat 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.
BOBBY KNIGHTIf 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.
BOBBY KNIGHTPassing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
BOBBY KNIGHTOffense is not equal opportunity
BOBBY KNIGHTI don’t intend to retire.
BOBBY KNIGHTLearn to do things right and then do them right every time.
BOBBY KNIGHTMental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
BOBBY KNIGHTI sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
BOBBY KNIGHT