21 quotes
"It is better to anticipate than to react."
- Bobby Knight
Awareness
"The key is not the 'will to win'… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important"
- Bobby Knight
Inspiration
"The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game"
- Bobby Knight
Inspiration
"Mental is to the physical as four is to one"
- Bobby Knight
Inspiration
"Coaches shouldn't have to push you to work hard, you should push yourself to work hard because you want to be a great player"
- Bobby Knight
Motivation
"The key is not the ‘will to win’… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important"
- Bobby Knight
Hard Work
"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
Hard Work
"Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win."
- Bobby Knight
Hard Work
"I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation."
- Bobby Knight
Hard Work
"The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important."
- Bobby Knight
Hard Work
"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
- Bobby Knight
Teamwork
"The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important."
- Bobby Knight
Success
"Success is performing to the limit of your potential."
- Bobby Knight
Success
"I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation."
- Bobby Knight
Responsibility
"Discipline is doing what has to be done, when it has to be done, as well as it can be done, and doing it that way all the time"
- Bobby Knight
Focus
"The will to win is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare to win."
- Bobby Knight
Determination
"The will to win is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare to win."
- Bobby Knight
Determination
"Good basketball always starts with good defense!"
- Bobby Knight
Determination
"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
Education
"Coaches shouldn't have to push you to work hard. You should push yourself because you want to be a great player."
- Bobby Knight
Self-improvement
"Discipline is the mark of a true champion."
- Bobby Knight
Achievement