I don’t intend to retire.
BOBBY KNIGHTEverybody hears, but few listen.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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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’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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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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Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that’s going to happen, let’s make it happen.
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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 don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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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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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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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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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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As I’ve said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators – not recently – fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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