Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
BOBBY KNIGHTThere are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I’ve always been too confrontational, especially when I know I’m right.
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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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I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
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If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.
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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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A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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Practice structure determines success.
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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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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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that’s going to happen, let’s make it happen.
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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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