You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There’s not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you know. We’re two overweight lovable guys that kids really enjoy.
BOBBY KNIGHTThe structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
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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 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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Offense is not equal opportunity
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I’ve never felt my job was to win basketball games – rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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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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