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.’
BOBBY KNIGHTWhen my time on earth is done and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, so my critics can kiss my ass.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Pat has been instrumental in what we’ve done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we’ve done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that’s Pat.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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You can’t imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, “God, you treat those assholes like I’d like to treat them.” And my question is, “Then why don’t you?”.
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The red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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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.
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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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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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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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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
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