“From the time I started teaching, when I was 21, I've always signed my name Bob Knight. My college coach called me Bobby, still does. But I have never introduced myself to anybody in my adult life in any way other than, "I'm Bob Knight."” WayDoeStillsNamesTeachingCollegeAdultsCoachesBobKnights Author:Bobby Knight
“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.” WayNeedsDoneSportsBest WayMotivational Sports Author:Bobby Knight
“A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.” WayTwoRunningTeamBasketballTestsMilesCoachingConditioningBasketball Coaching 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 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
“Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.” WayTryingDesireFailureBasketball 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
“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.” WayWellsImportantDoneLife IsLanguageFeltSportsLeadershipDisciplineIllDefinitionsDefinedIngredientsMy ThoughtsAthletics Author: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.” WayAbilityKnowingDisciplineKnowing What To Do Author:Bobby Knight
