Offense is not equal opportunity
BOBBY KNIGHTWhen 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.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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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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At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven’t called walking for 20 years, now you don’t know what it is. When you call walking, you’re about half right.
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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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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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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought… about potential pitfalls.
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I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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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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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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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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