For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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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Offense is not equal opportunity
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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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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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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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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I’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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My overall point is that ‘one and dones’ are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.
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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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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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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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I don’t intend to retire.
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