Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana. — 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
There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I've always… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs,… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
My overall point is that 'one and dones' are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
When we're playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man's job to stop the… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There's not much difference between Santa Claus and… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
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… — 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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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 always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began — 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
The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom. — 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
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
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 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
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 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
Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought... about potential pitfalls. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
