My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.
BOBBY KNIGHTIf I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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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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Pat has been instrumental in what we’ve done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we’ve done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that’s Pat.
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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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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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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
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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 don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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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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At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven’t called walking for 20 years, now you don’t know what it is. When you call walking, you’re about half right.
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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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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