To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
BOBBY KNIGHTAs his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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We don’t want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What’s going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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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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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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Practice structure determines success.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I’ve always been too confrontational, especially when I know I’m right.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
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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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In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
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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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Superiority and success doesn’t favor good effort or self-esteem… The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.
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