Bob Knight quotes
Bob Knight was an American basketball coach renowned for his intense coaching style and success at Indiana University. His career was marked by three NCAA championships and innovative defensive strategies. He remains a significant and sometimes controversial figure in the history of college basketball. Here are 31 of his quotes:
All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average. What I did was bring that kid in at 5:00 in the morning, and he would run the stairs from the bottom to the top until I told him to quit.
Bob Knight
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?
Bob Knight
My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at negative thinking to bring about positive results. When I was just a little guy, anytime I came to my grandmother and said I wish for this or that, Grandma would say, 'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.'
Bob Knight
Bob Knight
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Occupation: American Coach
Born: October 25, 1940
Died: November 1, 2023
Quotes count: 31
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