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.
BOBBY KNIGHTMy definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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Positive wish: ‘The sun will come out tomorrow.’ Negative reality: ‘Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess unless something is done to clean it up.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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Perform drills that force your players to think
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My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.
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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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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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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
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At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven’t called walking for 20 years, now you don’t know what it is. When you call walking, you’re about half right.
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