You can't imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, "God, you treat those assholes like I'd like to treat them." And my question is, "Then why don't you?".

A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against

Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you.

I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions

There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions that are a lot alike. There aren't a hell of a lot of really good coaches or writers.

When my time on earth is done and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, so my critics can kiss my ass.

As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.