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.
BOBBY KNIGHTIn order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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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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I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
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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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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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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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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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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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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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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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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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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