Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
BOBBY KNIGHTYour biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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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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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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I’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
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I’d probably be better off without trying to satisfy me, with my sense of humor. There are things that I have said that are funny to me, but they weren’t to somebody in the press. So that hasn’t worked to my benefit.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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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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And I guarantee you, I’m a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don’t want to play tennis with me. The don’t want to play me in golf. They don’t want to f***g run with me
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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