Son, my name isn’t Knight to you, it’s coach Knight or it’s Mr. Knight. I don’t call people by their last name and neither should you.
BOBBY KNIGHTThis is like the town council just hired a new marshal to clean up the town, I guarantee you, if I stay here long enough, they’ll get rid of me, too.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions that are a lot alike. There aren’t a hell of a lot of really good coaches or writers.
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When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter.
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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that’s going to happen, let’s make it happen.
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When 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.
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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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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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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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Practice structure determines success.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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