There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I've always been too confrontational, especially when I know I'm right.

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.

Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.

I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender

In my dealings with the press, I was like the guy who goes into the cathouse and the madam gets him prepared and looks at him and says, "Who are you going to satisfy with that?" And he looks back at her and says, "Me." That's kind of my sense of humor at times.

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

Practice structure determines success.