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.
BOBBY KNIGHTI don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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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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I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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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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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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Positive wish: ‘The sun will come out tomorrow.’ Negative reality: ‘Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess unless something is done to clean it up.
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We 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?
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At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven’t called walking for 20 years, now you don’t know what it is. When you call walking, you’re about half right.
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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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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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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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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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