Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
BOBBY KNIGHTPat has been instrumental in what we’ve done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we’ve done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that’s Pat.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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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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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.
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Practice structure determines success.
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I also believe that when something negative comes out about you in the media, that’s only one person’s opinion. These guys sometimes believe they’ve been ordained from on high to give the general opinion of the populace, and that just isn’t the case.
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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was ‘It will be O.K.’ I would wonder, ‘How the hell is it going to be O.K.?’ The worst word in the English language is ‘hope.’
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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We don’t want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What’s going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?
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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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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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