I don’t intend to retire.
BOBBY KNIGHTI would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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Positive wish: ‘The sun will come out tomorrow.’ Negative reality: ‘Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess unless something is done to clean it up.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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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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Practice structure determines success.
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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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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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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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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 red I wear is Indiana’s red, not Moscow’s red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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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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