From 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 KNIGHTMost people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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You can’t imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, “God, you treat those assholes like I’d like to treat them.” And my question is, “Then why don’t you?”.
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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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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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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, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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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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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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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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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.
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