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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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.’
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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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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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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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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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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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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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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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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I’d probably be better off without trying to satisfy me, with my sense of humor. There are things that I have said that are funny to me, but they weren’t to somebody in the press. So that hasn’t worked to my benefit.
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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’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
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