The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
BOBBY KNIGHTWe don’t want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What’s going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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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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From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I’ve always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, “I’m Bob Knight.”
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In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
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You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There’s not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you know. We’re two overweight lovable guys that kids really enjoy.
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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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 would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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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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