In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
BOBBY KNIGHTFailure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I’m sure not fat.
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Practice structure determines success.
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You see we’ve got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he’s still coaching. I really don’t understand that.
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I don’t intend to retire.
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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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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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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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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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