Famous Bobby Knight Quotes to Inspire You
The will to win is not nearly so important as the will to prepare to win. – Bobby Knight
Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win. – Bobby Knight
I’ve always felt that you don’t do anything to limit yourself. Put yourself in as many situations as you can handle. – Bobby Knight
Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature. – Bobby Knight
Discipline: doing what you have to do, and doing it as well as you possibly can, and doing it that way all the time. – Bobby Knight
If your not making mistakes, then your not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes. – Bobby Knight
The key is not the will to win… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. – Bobby Knight
Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice. – Bobby Knight
In the end, the game comes down to one thing: man against man. May the best man win. – Bobby Knight
A quick way to become an old dog is to stop learning new tricks. – Bobby Knight
The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
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.
Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
Most people figure you step on the rug, they have to step on the rug after you. I believe that you step on a different rug.
Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
There’s a tremendous difference between being a participant and a spectator.
The measure of what we are is what we do with what we have.
The key is not the ‘will to win’. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.
You don’t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.
When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
I’ve always believed that you should want to be the very best at what you do, but never feel you are. Even though others might think you are, you can’t permit yourself to think so.
The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that is important.
Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
In the end, the game comes down to one thing: man against man. May the best man win.
Your problems never cease. They just change.
I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began.
A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn’t like to play against.
Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
Discipline is doing what you have to do, when you have to do it, whether you want to or not.
You’ve got to be smart to play a team game.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride.
The mental is to the physical as four is to one.
I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day?