We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
BOBBY KNIGHTWhen we’re playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man’s job to stop the center. It’s the responsibility of our perimeter people to stop the ball from going inside.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was ‘It will be O.K.’ I would wonder, ‘How the hell is it going to be O.K.?’ The worst word in the English language is ‘hope.’
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
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And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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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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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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Offense is not equal opportunity
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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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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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As I’ve said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators – not recently – fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.
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I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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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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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
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