“This is like the town council just hired a new marshal to clean up the town, I guarantee you, if I stay here long enough, they'll get rid of me, too.” IfsLongEnoughTownsCleanGuaranteesCouncilHiringIf I Stay Author:Bobby Knight
“If you're not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.” IfsOpinionFameCarefulPopularity Author: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.” IfsPlaySportsWifeSonBasketballCoachesYour SonRecruit Author:Bobby Knight
“I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the break, an outstanding scorer, whatever it is that they like to do and rely on, you have to work in your plans on taking that completely or as much as possible away from them.” IfsThinkingHeartMovingBreakPlansParticularBasketballScreensRelyCoachingOffenseOutstandingBasketball Coaching Author: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.” IfsWatchesBasketballBunchNbaMaking LoveFrogsFamous BasketballFuzzyFunny BasketballBest Basketball Author:Bobby Knight
“If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.” IfsSonDrugBasketballTestsAthlete Author:Bobby Knight
“If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as anybody can. I would just cheat, get some money from a lot of people around Indianapolis who want to run the operation that way, and just go out and get the best basketball players I can. Then we'd beat everybody.” PeopleIfsWayWantInspirationalWellsI CanRunningPurposeWinningPlayerBasketballBeatsPrimariesOperationsCheatBasketball PlayerIndianaBallgameBest BasketballIndianapolis Author: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” IfsPlayAbleSimplePlayerBasketballCourtNbaInstructionBenches Author:Bobby Knight
“If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.” PeopleIfsWantLittlesClassTeachWeekOughtBasketballUniversityAdministrationFacultyLittle MoneyCutbacks Author:Bobby Knight
“Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.” IfsFightingSportsElephantsRabbits Author:Bobby Knight
