The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
BOBBY KNIGHTI 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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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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I’d probably be better off without trying to satisfy me, with my sense of humor. There are things that I have said that are funny to me, but they weren’t to somebody in the press. So that hasn’t worked to my benefit.
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As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It’s conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.
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A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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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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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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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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