I also believe that when something negative comes out about you in the media, that’s only one person’s opinion. These guys sometimes believe they’ve been ordained from on high to give the general opinion of the populace, and that just isn’t the case.
BOBBY KNIGHTI don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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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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You see we’ve got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he’s still coaching. I really don’t understand that.
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If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
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All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average.
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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 single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
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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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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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I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
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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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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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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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To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel you’re a part of them and they’re a part of you.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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