Quotes about basket
basketball both fortunate games neither played recover team teams trying winning
We're just trying to recover from a hard-fought double-overtime game. It was one of those games really neither team lost. Both teams played winning basketball and we were fortunate to come away with a win.
basketball bearing commitment games next training win year
What we did this year has no bearing on how many games we win next year. There has to be a commitment in the off-season to get better, and there has to be a commitment when we come back to training camp. If we make that commitment, then we'll be a better basketball team.
basketball chinese fans
Not really. I'm not a fan of Chinese food Bobby Simmons
basketball thinking player
A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against Bobby Knight
basketball passion confrontation
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.
basketball class people
If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.
basketball athlete thinking
I'm not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn't have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
basketball may indiana
Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
basketball selfish hands
Pat has been instrumental in what we've done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we've done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that's Pat. No one would come close to being able to continue to build on what we've done here so far like he will.
basketball athlete son
If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.
basketball running winning
If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as anybody can. I would just cheat, get some money from a lot of people around Indianapolis who want to run the operation that way, and just go out and get the best basketball players I can. Then we'd beat everybody.
basketball practice coaching
Practice structure determines success.
basketball thinking
I don't think I have ever been out of control.
basketball people cookies
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.
basketball running athlete
I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I'm sure not fat. And I guarantee you, I'm a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don't want to play tennis with me. The don't want to play me in golf. They don't want to f***g run with me
basketball growing-up kids
You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There's not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you know. We're two overweight lovable guys that kids really enjoy.
basketball sorry upset
I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
basketball running team
A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
basketball desire trying
Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
basketball games done
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
basketball retiring
I don't intend to retire.
basketball practice preparation
To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
basketball player college
My overall point is that 'one and dones' are not healthy for college basketball. I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.
basketball sports son
If 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.
basketball team winning
We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every game?
basketball practice easy
My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.
basketball player games
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.
basketball kids defense
Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how to help the helper
basketball sports past
Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
basketball defense good-basketball
Good basketball always starts with good defense!
basketball thinking player
Perform drills that force your players to think
basketball opportunity equal
Offense is not equal opportunity
basketball team opportunity
Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team. When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter.