A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
BOBBY KNIGHTLearn to do things right and then do them right every time.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team.
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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.
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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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As I’ve said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators – not recently – fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.
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BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
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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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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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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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You can’t imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, “God, you treat those assholes like I’d like to treat them.” And my question is, “Then why don’t you?”.
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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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