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.
BOBBY KNIGHTMost people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel you’re a part of them and they’re a part of you.
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I also believe that when something negative comes out about you in the media, that’s only one person’s opinion. These guys sometimes believe they’ve been ordained from on high to give the general opinion of the populace, and that just isn’t the case.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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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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BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
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And I guarantee you, I’m a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don’t want to play tennis with me. The don’t want to play me in golf. They don’t want to f***g run with me
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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Superiority and success doesn’t favor good effort or self-esteem… The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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You see we’ve got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he’s still coaching. I really don’t understand that.
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I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I’m sure not fat.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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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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All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average.
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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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