Pat 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 KNIGHTMost people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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I’d probably be better off without trying to satisfy me, with my sense of humor. There are things that I have said that are funny to me, but they weren’t to somebody in the press. So that hasn’t worked to my benefit.
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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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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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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So 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.
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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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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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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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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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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 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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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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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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