A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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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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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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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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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I’ve always had an a$$-to-the-brain theory. When a player’s a$$ gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, Get me off of here.
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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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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 don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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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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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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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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Discipline 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.
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