Quotes by Bob Knight

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“ I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can. “

-Bob Knight-

I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

I don't think that there's any question that the success of the NBA helped a lot of people recognize just how powerful basketball could be.

I think that in any organization, whether it's coaching basketball or football, or a Fortune 500 company, if you don't have consistency because you have a breakdown of leadership.

When my time on Earth is gone and my activities here are past, I want they bury me upside down and my critics can kiss my ass!

Discipline is the most important variable in being a successful person or team.

Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.

Victory favors the team that makes the fewest mistakes.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win."

The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.

Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.

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.

Coaching is about doing your job as well as you can possibly do it.

The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal.

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.

The key is not the 'will to win'... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

Introducing Bob Knight

Bob Knight or Robert Montgomery Knight (October 25, 1940 – November 1, 2023) was an American men's college basketball coach. Before becoming a basketball coach, he used to be a pro basketball player. Often referred to as Bobby Knight and nicknamed "the General", he won 902 NCAA Division I men's basketball games, a record at the time of his retirement and sixth all-time record at the time of his death.

Knight's all time coaching record is 902–371. His 902 wins in NCAA Division I men's college basketball games is fourth all-time to Knight's former player Mike Krzyzewski, Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, and North Carolina head Coach Roy Williams. Knight achieved his 880th career win on January 1, 2007, and passed retired North Carolina coach Dean Smith for most career victories, a title he held until his win total was surpassed by Krzyzewski on November 15, 2011.

On November 17, 2006, Knight was recognized for his impact on college basketball as a member of the founding class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.The following year, he was the recipient of the Naismith Award for Men's Outstanding Contribution to Basketball.