Coach Quotes by Bobby Knight

9 Coach quotes by Bobby Knight

Knight’s fiery coaching philosophy shines through nine short quotes, delivering a compact, no‑nonsense view of his approach to leadership on the court.

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

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

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

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

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To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They…

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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…

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I enjoyed needling the press. If I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't have done it. Writers have rarely played, so as a…

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We've gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that's why I'm glad I'm not coaching. You see we've got…

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There are two real keys to winning. You've got to have good players: no coach won with bad players. You win with…

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My overall point is that 'one and dones' are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and…

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There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions that are…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.

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

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

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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…

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Everybody hears, but few listen.

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

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