I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
Bobby KnightI'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 KnightIf I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
Bobby KnightFailure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
Bobby KnightI think the ability to motivate might be interpreted as the ability to lead, or to show people their goals or, perhaps more important, what their potential is - as a person as well as a player. You've got to show players that being part of a team will carry over to the experience of becoming part of society.
Bobby Knight