I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
What is the best thing you can do in a close game? Drive to the basket and put pressure on the defense!… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
When my time on earth is done and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, so… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
If we want the best pitcher, let's get Bobby Feller. If want the best football player, let's get Jimmy Brown; the best… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
From my standpoint, I would make it very difficult on the NBA to even have any association with college basketball. I think… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Pat has been instrumental in what we've done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move,… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I want to say to you Indiana people that I owe you a big, big debt of gratitude because nowhere in the… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
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… — Bobby Knight Copy Share
My overall point is that 'one and dones' are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and… — Bobby Knight Copy Share
There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions that are… — Bobby Knight Copy Share
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game. — Bobby Knight Copy Share
The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. — Bobby Knight Copy Share
I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team. — Bobby Knight Copy Share
Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought... about potential pitfalls. — Bobby Knight Copy Share
Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice. — Bobby Knight Copy Share
Pat has been instrumental in what we've done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see… — Bobby Knight Copy Share
Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how… — Bobby Knight Copy Share
