I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
BOBBY KNIGHTI recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Son, my name isn’t Knight to you, it’s coach Knight or it’s Mr. Knight. I don’t call people by their last name and neither should you.
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From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I’ve always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, “I’m Bob Knight.”
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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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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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
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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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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter.
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I don’t intend to retire.
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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 single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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