You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
BOBBY KNIGHTI, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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You see we’ve got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he’s still coaching. I really don’t understand that.
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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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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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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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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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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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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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Superiority and success doesn’t favor good effort or self-esteem… The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.
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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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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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