The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court. — 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
The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Major League Baseball has the best idea of all. Three years before they'll take a kid out of college, then they have… — 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
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 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 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
I don't understand the NBA in that, each time they bring in a one-and-done kid, they have to release a veteran player… — 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
Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone. — 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
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
If I were involved with the NBA, I wouldn't want a 19-year-old or a 20-year-old kid to bring into all the travel… — 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 always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began — 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
