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.
BOBBY KNIGHTPassing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
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Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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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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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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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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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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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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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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All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average.
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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When my time on earth is done and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, so my critics can kiss my ass.
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