The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
BOBBY KNIGHTFor me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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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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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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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was ‘It will be O.K.’ I would wonder, ‘How the hell is it going to be O.K.?’ The worst word in the English language is ‘hope.’
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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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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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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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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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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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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
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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.
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BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
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Practice structure determines success.
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