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.
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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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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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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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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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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I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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You 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.
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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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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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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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