As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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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I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team.
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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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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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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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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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