Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
BOBBY KNIGHTBS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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I’ve never felt my job was to win basketball games – rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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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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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
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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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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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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
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