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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.

Bobby Knight

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.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Coach Game Understand
I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Night Practice
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Jobs Team
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Country Games People Sports
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.’
BOBBY KNIGHT

Coaching Firsts Thinking
I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Fake Game Wonder
You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There’s not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you know. We’re two overweight lovable guys that kids really enjoy.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Country Games Growing People Sports
Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Fixing Needs Pitfalls
To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Practice Preparation
A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Coach Coaching Should
The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Accuracy Country Games Media People Simple Sports
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball College Player
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.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Jobs Winning
The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
BOBBY KNIGHT

Basketball Inspirational Ladders
I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
BOBBY KNIGHT

People Worried Worry
If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
BOBBY KNIGHT

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