As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
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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The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
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We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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When 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.
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In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
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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.
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Offense is not equal opportunity
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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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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I’m not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn’t have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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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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A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
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