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Bobby Knight quotes: Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

Bobby Knight quotes: Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?

Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?

Bobby Knight quotes: Everybody hears, but few listen.

Everybody hears, but few listen.

Bobby Knight quotes: BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.

BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.

Bobby Knight quotes: I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.

I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.

Bobby Knight quotes: Good basketball always starts with good defense!

Good basketball always starts with good defense!

Bobby Knight quotes: You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

Bobby Knight quotes: Perform drills that force your players to think

Perform drills that force your players to think

Bobby Knight quotes: Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.

Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.

Bobby Knight quotes: A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven't been as well taught.

A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven't been as well taught.

Bobby Knight quotes: The key is not the will to win ... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

The key is not the will to win ... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

Bobby Knight quotes: I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.

I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.

Bobby Knight quotes: Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.

Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.

Bobby Knight quotes: 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.

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.

Bobby Knight quotes: All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

Bobby Knight quotes: The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

Bobby Knight quotes: I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.

I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.

Bobby Knight quotes: This is like the town council just hired a new marshal to clean up the town, I guarantee you, if I stay here long enough, they'll get rid of me,

This is like the town council just hired a new marshal to clean up the town, I guarantee you, if I stay here long enough, they'll get rid of me, too.

Bobby Knight quotes: A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against

A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against

Bobby Knight quotes: The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

Bobby Knight quotes: Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.

Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.

Bobby Knight quotes: People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.

People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.

Bobby Knight quotes: As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.

As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.

Bobby Knight quotes: In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them

In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them

Bobby Knight quotes: Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how to help the helper

Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how to help the helper

Bobby Knight quotes: If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

Bobby Knight quotes: I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.

I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.

Bobby Knight quotes: A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.

A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.

Bobby Knight quotes: Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

Bobby Knight quotes: To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

Bobby Knight quotes: Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.

Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.

Bobby Knight quotes: The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.

The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.

Bobby Knight quotes: I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began

I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began

Bobby Knight quotes: I don't intend to retire.

I don't intend to retire.

Bobby Knight quotes: Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

Bobby Knight quotes: Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.

Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.

Bobby Knight quotes: If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.

If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.

Bobby Knight quotes: Offense is not equal opportunity

Offense is not equal opportunity

Bobby Knight quotes: The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach

The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach

Bobby Knight quotes: So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, 'He's saying God screwed the pitcher.

So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, 'He's saying God screwed the pitcher.

Bobby Knight quotes: I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.

I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.

Bobby Knight quotes: I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.

I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.

Bobby Knight quotes: Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time.

Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time.

Bobby Knight quotes: Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought ... about potential pitfalls.

Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought ... about potential pitfalls.

Bobby Knight quotes: 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.

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.

Bobby Knight quotes: My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.

My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.

Bobby Knight quotes: Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.

Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.

Bobby Knight quotes: Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Bobby Knight quotes: Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.

Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.

Bobby Knight quotes: Players must be able to carry out simple instructions from the bench to the court. If they can't, then they can't play

Players must be able to carry out simple instructions from the bench to the court. If they can't, then they can't play

Bobby Knight quotes: I don't think I have ever been out of control.

I don't think I have ever been out of control.

Bobby Knight quotes: A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.

A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.

Bobby Knight quotes: Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's Coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you.

Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's Coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you.

Bobby Knight quotes: 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

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.

Bobby Knight quotes: It is better to anticipate than to react.

It is better to anticipate than to react.

Bobby Knight quotes: When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!

When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!

Bobby Knight quotes: You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

Bobby Knight quotes: Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.

Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.

Bobby Knight quotes: I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.

I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.

Bobby Knight quotes: If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.

If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.

Bobby Knight quotes: I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.

I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.

Bobby Knight quotes: If you're not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.

If you're not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.

Bobby Knight quotes: Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.

Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.

Bobby Knight quotes: Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.

Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.

Bobby Knight quotes: I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.

I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.

Bobby Knight quotes: The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.

The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.

Bobby Knight quotes: We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

Bobby Knight quotes: We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every game?

We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every game?

Bobby Knight quotes: For me to get an award from the press, I know there's been no favoritism.

For me to get an award from the press, I know there's been no favoritism.