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.
BOBBY KNIGHTYou remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There’s not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you know. We’re two overweight lovable guys that kids really enjoy.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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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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You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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I’ve always had an a$$-to-the-brain theory. When a player’s a$$ gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, Get me off of here.
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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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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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Pat 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.
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Learn to do things right and then do them right every 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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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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