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.
BOBBY KNIGHTDiscipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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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.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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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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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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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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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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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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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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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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What is the best thing you can do in a close game? Drive to the basket and put pressure on the defense! Not jack up jump shots
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When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter.
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