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
Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice. — 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
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
As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I think the ability to motivate might be interpreted as the ability to lead, or to show people their goals or, perhaps… — 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
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
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
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
When somebody asks about the greatest players in history, I start with Bill Russell. More than the best player is the MVP,… — 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
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
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
