The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
BOBBY KNIGHTI would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.
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My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.
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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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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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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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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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If you’re not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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We don’t want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What’s going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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