A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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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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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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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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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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It is better to anticipate than to react.
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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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It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language.
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This 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.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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What is the best thing you can do in a close game? Drive to the basket and put pressure on the defense! Not jack up jump shots
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