I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
BOBBY KNIGHTSon, my name isn’t Knight to you, it’s coach Knight or it’s Mr. Knight. I don’t call people by their last name and neither should you.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.
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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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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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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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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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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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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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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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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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Son, my name isn’t Knight to you, it’s coach Knight or it’s Mr. Knight. I don’t call people by their last name and neither should you.
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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