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Bobby Knight

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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Basketball Country Games People Sports
As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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Games Team Winning
There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions that are a lot alike. There aren’t a hell of a lot of really good coaches or writers.
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Country Games Jobs Media People Sports
A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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Basketball Running Team
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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Passing People Practice Stop
I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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People Worried Worry
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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Basketball Knights Son
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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Self Esteem Success Winning
Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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Basketball Country Defense Games People Sports
I also believe that when something negative comes out about you in the media, that’s only one person’s opinion. These guys sometimes believe they’ve been ordained from on high to give the general opinion of the populace, and that just isn’t the case.
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Believe Giving Media
We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
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Basketball Hard Hockey Work
Perform drills that force your players to think
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Basketball Player Thinking
Practice structure determines success.
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Basketball Coaching Practice
To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Practice Preparation
Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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Basketball Motivational Sports
A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven’t been as well taught.
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Competition Giving People Teaching

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