For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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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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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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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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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If 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.
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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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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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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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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Positive wish: ‘The sun will come out tomorrow.’ Negative reality: ‘Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess unless something is done to clean it up.
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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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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I’ve always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, “I’m Bob Knight.”
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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