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Quotes by Bobby Knight

Bobby Knight

People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.

Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?

If I were involved with the NBA, I wouldnt want a 19-year-old or a 20-year-old kid to bring into all the travel and all the problems that exist in the NBA. I would want a much more mature kid. I would want a kid that maybe Ive been watching on another team, and now hes 21, 22 years old instead of 18 or 19, and I might trade for that kid.

My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at negative thinking to bring about positive results. When I was just a little guy, anytime I came to my grandmother and said I wish for this or that, Grandma would say, If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The will to succeed is important, but whats more important is the will to prepare.