“I've always had an a$$-to-the-brain theory. When a player's a$$ gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, Get me off of here.” BrainPlayerTheoryMessagesBenches Author:Bobby Knight
“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.” KnowsTwoImportantAsksOpportunityPracticePlayerTeamEqualBasketballBallsPassingPassingsLimitationCoachingOffensiveOffenseBasketball CoachingIndianaEqual OpportunityShooter Author:Bobby Knight
“We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.” WantShouldHardPlayerHard WorkBasketballHockey Author:Bobby Knight
“The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.” FacesGamesDifficultGoalPracticePlayerBasketballNbaGood Basketball 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
“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.” GivingJobsGamesWinningFeltPlayerSucceedBasketballEssenceCoachesBackgroundsCoachingBasketball Game 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
“Perform drills that force your players to think” ThinkingForcePlayerBasketballNbaDrills Author: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” ThinkingWayPlayPlayerBasketballNba Author:Bobby Knight
“I think the ability to motivate might be interpreted as the ability to lead, or to show people their goals or, perhaps more important, what their potential is - as a person as well as a player. You've got to show players that being part of a team will carry over to the experience of becoming part of society.” PeopleThinkingWellsPersonsImportantShowsMightSportsGoalAbilityPlayerTeamBecoming Author:Bobby Knight
“My overall point is that 'one and dones' are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.” ShouldMadeDonePlayerCollegeHealthyBasketballMade ItApologizingKentuckyI ApologizeCollege Basketball Author:Bobby Knight
