220 Quotes by Bobby Knight

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

If you're not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.

We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every game?

Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time.

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

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

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

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.

The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.