220 Quotes by Bobby Knight

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I’d watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel you’re a part of them and they’re a part of you.

When we’re playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man’s job to stop the center. It’s the responsibility of our perimeter people to stop the ball from going inside.

As his team prepares, a coach’s entire being must be concentrated on winning games.

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

The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach.

For me to get an award from the press, I know there’s been no favoritism.

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 and neither should you.