“I think that it's perhaps harder to learn from victory than it is from defeat. I think that we don't want defeat. We don't want defeat in sport. We don't want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What's going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?” ThinkingWantMightGamesCausesSportsLosesDealsVictoryHarderDefeatBeaten Author:Bobby Knight
“Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.” WantPracticeTeamChampionshipChampionship Team Author:Bobby Knight
“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.” WantInspirationalEarthSportsGoneActivityKissingBasketballDown AndCriticsAssMy TimeUpside DownKissing FunnyTime On EarthBest KissKiss My Ass Author:Bobby Knight
“Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.” WantWinningWillingBasketballTrainingPreparationCoachingMotivational SportsBasketball CoachingSports PsychologyEncouraging Basketball 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
“Pat has been instrumental in what we've done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we've done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that's Pat. No one would come close to being able to continue to build on what we've done here so far like he will.” WantPersonsHas BeensDoneHandsAbleBasketballSelfishCompetent 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
“People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies.” PeopleWantBasketballMilkChampionshipCookiesBannerIndianaNational Championships Author:Bobby Knight
“I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I'm sure not fat. And I guarantee you, I'm a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don't want to play tennis with me. The don't want to play me in golf. They don't want to f***g run with me” WayWantWritingWellsLooksMayPlayBodyRunningBasketballGolfAthleteFatsAssTennisGuaranteesThis DayOverweightFries 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
