Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
BOBBY KNIGHTI’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language.
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
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Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
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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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Offense is not equal opportunity
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We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
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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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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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.
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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