You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
BOBBY KNIGHTFrom the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I’ve always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, “I’m Bob Knight.”
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.
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And 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
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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I’ve always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, “I’m Bob Knight.”
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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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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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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’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language.
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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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.
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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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