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Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.

Bobby Knight

For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Awards Favoritism Rewards
I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Coaches Games Sports Teacher
Good basketball always starts with good defense!
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Country Defense Games People Sports
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Leadership Motivational
I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Believe Luck Preparation
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
BOBBY KNIGHT

Day Guarantee Run Tennis Writing
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Benefits Humor Sense Trying
When my time on earth is done and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, so my critics can kiss my ass.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Inspirational Sports
You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Balls Play Sports
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Better Happen More Sport Well
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Benches Brain Player
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Country Games People Sports
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Guarantees Long Towns
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball College Player
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Country Games Jobs Media People Sports
I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Morning Sports

Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.

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