Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I’ve always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, “I’m Bob Knight.”
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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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When 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.
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A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven’t been as well taught.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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Practice structure determines success.
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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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I’m not sure sports writing is an art.
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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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I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
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I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
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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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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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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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