Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
Bobby Knight
The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices.
Bobby Knight
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
All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
Bobby Knight
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
Bobby Knight
Coaches shouldn’t have to push you to work hard, you should push yourself to work hard because you want to be a great player.
Bobby Knight
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 help the helper.
Bobby Knight
Discipline is doing what has to be done, when it has to be done, as well as it can be done, and doing it that way all the time.
Bobby Knight
Good basketball always starts with good defense!
I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began.
Bobby Knight
I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
Bobby Knight
I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions.
Bobby Knight
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, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.
Bobby Knight
I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender.
Bobby Knight
If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife and your son that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
Bobby Knight
If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love was on channel 4, I’d watch the frogs even if they were coming in fuzzy.
Bobby Knight
I’m an unemployed teacher right now and I’m looking for a place to teach.
Bobby Knight
In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
Bobby Knight
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
Bobby Knight
My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.
Bobby Knight
Offense is not equal opportunity.
Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone
Bobby Knight
People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.
Bobby Knight
Perform drills that force your players to think.
Bobby Knight
Players must be able to carry out simple instructions from the bench to the court. If they can’t, then they can’t play.
Bobby Knight
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.
Bobby Knight
The key is not the ‘will to win’… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.
Bobby Knight
The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
Bobby Knight
We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every game?
Bobby Knight
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 jump shots.
Bobby Knight
When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!
Bobby Knight
You don’t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.
You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There’s not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you know. We’re two overweight lovable guys that kids really enjoy.
Bobby Knight
Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
Bobby Knight