Bobby Knight Quotes
Enjoy the top 102 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Bobby Knight.
“The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.”
— Bobby Knight
All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average. What I did was bring that kid in at 5:00 in the morning, and he would run the stairs from the bottom to the top until I told him to quit.
— Bobby Knight
“Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.”
— Bobby Knight
“I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.”
— Bobby Knight
As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
— Bobby Knight
“Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?”
— Bobby Knight
“I don't think I have ever been out of control.”
— Bobby Knight
— Bobby Knight
Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
— Bobby Knight
I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
— Bobby Knight
— Bobby Knight
“Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.”
— Bobby Knight
— Bobby Knight
— Bobby Knight
“Offense is not equal opportunity”
— Bobby Knight
Perform drills that force your players to think
— Bobby Knight
We talk in coaching about "winners" - kids, and I've had a lot of them, who just will not allow themselves or their team to lose. Coaches call that a will to win. I don't. I think that puts the emphasis in the wrong place. Everybody has a will to win. What's far more important is having the will to prepare to win.
— Bobby Knight
“It is better to anticipate than to react.”
— Bobby Knight
“My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.”
— Bobby Knight
I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I'm sure not fat. And I guarantee you, I'm a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don't want to play tennis with me. The don't want to play me in golf. They don't want to f***g run with me
— Bobby Knight
BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
— Bobby Knight
— Bobby Knight
Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
— Bobby Knight
Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.
— Bobby Knight
I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
— Bobby Knight
“The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.”
— Bobby Knight
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