The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
BOBBY KNIGHTAs 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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This is like the town council just hired a new marshal to clean up the town, I guarantee you, if I stay here long enough, they’ll get rid of me, too.
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We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
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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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At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven’t called walking for 20 years, now you don’t know what it is. When you call walking, you’re about half right.
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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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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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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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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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.
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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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