I’ve never felt my job was to win basketball games – rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
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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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
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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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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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When we’re playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man’s job to stop the center. It’s the responsibility of our perimeter people to stop the ball from going inside.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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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Superiority and success doesn’t favor good effort or self-esteem… The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.
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Perform drills that force your players to think
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In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
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There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I’ve always been too confrontational, especially when I know I’m right.
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