Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from. — 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… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
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… — 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
A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would… — 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
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've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have… — 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
We talk in coaching about "winners" - kids, and I've had a lot of them, who just will not allow themselves or… — 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
