I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
BOBBY KNIGHTEverybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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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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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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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Practice structure determines success.
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I’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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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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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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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
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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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If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.
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