I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
BOBBY KNIGHTAnd I guarantee you, I’m a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don’t want to play tennis with me. The don’t want to play me in golf. They don’t want to f***g run with me
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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Perform drills that force your players to think
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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 tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I’m sure not fat.
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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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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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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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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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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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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.
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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.
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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