When we’re playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man’s job to stop the center. It’s the responsibility of our perimeter people to stop the ball from going inside.
BOBBY KNIGHTMost people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter.
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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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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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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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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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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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Practice structure determines success.
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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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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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Offense is not equal opportunity
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I’ve always been too confrontational, especially when I know I’m right.
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