All Bobby Knight Quotes
- I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable… Anyone
- To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel… Buy
- Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success. Basketball
- I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me,… All
- The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom. Basketball
- The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach Coach
- A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from. Afraid
- I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything… Background
- The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices Aspect
- I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began Always Designed
- I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions Basketball
- What is the best thing you can do in a close game? Drive to the basket and put pressure on the defense! Not jack up… Basket
- Players must be able to carry out simple instructions from the bench to the court. If they can't, then they can't play Able
- Offense is not equal opportunity Basketball
- Perform drills that force your players to think Basketball
- I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender Basketball
- A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against Any
- Good basketball always starts with good defense! Always Starts
- In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them Achieve
- Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how to… All
- You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up… Anywhere
- At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven't called walking for 20 years, now you don't know what it is. When… Call
- I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be… Always Prone
- When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the… Coaching
- 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 a coach at… Coach