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 Basketball 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… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Superiority and success doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem... The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take… — Bobby Knight Cliche Copy Share Image
There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I've always… — Bobby Knight Basketball Copy Share Image
You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places.… — Bobby Knight Drive Copy Share Image
I have as many good friends in the media as anybody in sports has. It's just that I probably have a hell… — Bobby Knight Enemies Copy Share Image
Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that… — Bobby Knight Ability Copy Share Image
Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone. — Bobby Knight Basketball 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 Coach Copy Share Image
I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I watched the guy that hits a home run, and he comes across the plate and he points skyward, like thanking for… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I've always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me… — Bobby Knight Adult life Copy Share Image
Everybody has an opportunity in America. I don't care if guys whine and complain about this or that. You know, no country… — Bobby Knight America Copy Share Image
I think a great idea would be involving our various military services along the border all the way from San Diego to… — Bobby Knight America Copy Share Image
All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to… — 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… — 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
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 Basketball Copy Share Image
I learned at an early stage that the most important thing I could do for my players was to give them the… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's Coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name… — Bobby Knight Basketball Copy Share Image
I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that… — Bobby Knight Basketball Copy Share Image
I've always had an a$$-to-the-brain theory. When a player's a$$ gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain… — Bobby Knight Benches 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 Basketball Copy Share Image
I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
What the hell is a Republican? What the hell is a Democrat? I don't care. I've always urged people to make sure… — Bobby Knight Democrat Copy Share Image
People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there… — 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
A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven't been as well… — Bobby Knight Advantage Copy Share Image
Positive wish: 'The sun will come out tomorrow.' Negative reality: 'Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
You can't imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, "God, you treat those… — 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 think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move,… — Bobby Knight Basketball 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 Ability Copy Share Image
In my dealings with the press, I was like the guy who goes into the cathouse and the madam gets him prepared… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There's not much difference between Santa Claus and… — Bobby Knight Basketball Copy Share Image
