Basketball Quote by Bobby Knight

“From my standpoint, I would make it very difficult on the NBA to even have any association with college basketball. I think it's ludicrous the way they take kids away that are certainly not prepared to play.”

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The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.

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My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.

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The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

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I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.

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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought... about potential pitfalls.

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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.

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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.

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Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.

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