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.
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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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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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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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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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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I’ve never felt my job was to win basketball games – rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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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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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
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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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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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