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.
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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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was ‘It will be O.K.’ I would wonder, ‘How the hell is it going to be O.K.?’ The worst word in the English language is ‘hope.’
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, ‘He’s saying God screwed the pitcher.
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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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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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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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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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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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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
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