I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
BOBBY KNIGHTGood planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language.
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A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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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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This is like the town council just hired a new marshal to clean up the town, I guarantee you, if I stay here long enough, they’ll get rid of me, too.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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Perform drills that force your players to think
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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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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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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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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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All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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