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.
BOBBY KNIGHTMost people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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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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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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This is like the town council just hired a new marshal to clean up the town, I guarantee you, if I stay here long enough, they’ll get rid of me, too.
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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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Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
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I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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Son, my name isn’t Knight to you, it’s coach Knight or it’s Mr. Knight. I don’t call people by their last name and neither should you.
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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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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that’s going to happen, let’s make it happen.
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