Bobby Knight Quotes
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Bobby Knight Quotes & Sayings
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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
— Bobby Knight
Everybody hears, but few listen.
— Bobby Knight
BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
— Bobby Knight
I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
— Bobby Knight
Good basketball always starts with good defense!
— Bobby Knight
Perform drills that force your players to think
— Bobby Knight
The key is not the will to win ... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.
— Bobby Knight
I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.
— Bobby Knight
Howard Dean is narrowing the field of potential running mates. It's down to Mike Tyson or Bobby Knight.
— Craig Kilborn
Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.
— Bobby Knight
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
I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
— Bobby Knight
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
The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
— Bobby Knight
I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight.
— Bobby Fischer
In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
— Bobby Knight
The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.
— Bobby Knight
I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
— Bobby Knight
The older I get, the more interesting the part has to be. Bobby Knight is extremely interesting.
— Brian Dennehy
I don't intend to retire.
— Bobby Knight
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
Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
— Bobby Knight
Offense is not equal opportunity
— Bobby Knight
The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
— Bobby Knight
I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
— Bobby Knight
I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.
— Bobby Knight
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
Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought ... about potential pitfalls.
— Bobby Knight
My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.
— Bobby Knight
Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
— Bobby Knight
Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
— Bobby Knight
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
I don't think I have ever been out of control.
— Bobby Knight
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
It is better to anticipate than to react.
— Bobby Knight
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
Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.
— Bobby Knight
I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
— Bobby Knight
I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
— Bobby Knight
If you're not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
— Bobby Knight
Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.
— Bobby Knight
I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.
— Bobby Knight
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.
— Bobby Knight
We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
— Bobby Knight
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
— Bobby Knight
