To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
BOBBY KNIGHTI would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
More Bobby Knight Quotes
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Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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I don’t think I have ever been out of control.
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You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There’s not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you know. We’re two overweight lovable guys that kids really enjoy.
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I’ve never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
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I’ve never felt my job was to win basketball games – rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
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As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It’s conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.
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I don’t intend to retire.
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And I guarantee you, I’m a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don’t want to play tennis with me. The don’t want to play me in golf. They don’t want to f***g run with me
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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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Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day.
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You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
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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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Offense is not equal opportunity
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