Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
BOBBY KNIGHTI think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
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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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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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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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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions that are a lot alike. There aren’t a hell of a lot of really good coaches or writers.
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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.
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I don’t intend to retire.
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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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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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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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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