I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
BOBBY KNIGHTThe single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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I don’t intend to retire.
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Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that’s going to happen, let’s make it happen.
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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We don’t want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What’s going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?
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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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You can’t imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, “God, you treat those assholes like I’d like to treat them.” And my question is, “Then why don’t you?”.
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There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions that are a lot alike. There aren’t a hell of a lot of really good coaches or writers.
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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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