The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
BOBBY KNIGHTYour biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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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 would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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I don’t intend to retire.
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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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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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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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