I'm not sure I've ever been around anybody that wanted to win more or worked harder than Michael Jordan. Bobby Knight More Quotes by Bobby Knight More Quotes From 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 disciplineknowingway The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare. Bobby Knight motivationalinspirationallife Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win. Bobby Knight basketballmotivationalsports It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language. My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time. Bobby Knight disciplineleadershipsports When my time on earth is done and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, so my critics can kiss my ass. Bobby Knight basketballinspirationalsports 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. Bobby Knight nbamaking-lovebasketball In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them Bobby Knight nbabasketballorder Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice. Bobby Knight teampracticewant Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team. When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter. Bobby Knight teambasketballopportunity BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper. Bobby Knight phdsdeeperhigher Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success. Bobby Knight failurebasketballdesire Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you. Bobby Knight elephantsfightingsports I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life. Bobby Knight basketballwinningjobs Positive wish: 'The sun will come out tomorrow.' Negative reality: 'Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess unless something is done to clean it up. Bobby Knight optimismwishreality We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player. Bobby Knight hockeyhard-workbasketball Practice structure determines success. Bobby Knight coachingbasketballpractice Offense is not equal opportunity Bobby Knight nbabasketballopportunity 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. Bobby Knight donesportsneeds I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation. Bobby Knight preparationluckbelieve 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. Bobby Knight teambasketballjobs
