You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
BOBBY KNIGHTWhat is the best thing you can do in a close game? Drive to the basket and put pressure on the defense! Not jack up jump shots
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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I’ve always had an a$$-to-the-brain theory. When a player’s a$$ gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, Get me off of here.
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I also believe that when something negative comes out about you in the media, that’s only one person’s opinion. These guys sometimes believe they’ve been ordained from on high to give the general opinion of the populace, and that just isn’t the case.
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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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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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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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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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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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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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Son, my name isn’t Knight to you, it’s coach Knight or it’s Mr. Knight. I don’t call people by their last name and neither should you.
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A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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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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