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.
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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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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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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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
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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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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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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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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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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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A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven’t been as well taught.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel you’re a part of them and they’re a part of you.
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I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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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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What is the best thing you can do in a close game? Drive to the basket and put pressure on the defense! Not jack up jump shots
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I 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.
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My overall point is that ‘one and dones’ are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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You see we’ve got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he’s still coaching. I really don’t understand that.
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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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