As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
BOBBY KNIGHTWriting was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, ‘He’s saying God screwed the pitcher.
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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team.
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There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I’ve always been too confrontational, especially when I know I’m right.
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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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And I guarantee you, I’m a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don’t want to play tennis with me. The don’t want to play me in golf. They don’t want to f***g run with me
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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I don’t intend to retire.
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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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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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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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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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I 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.
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