The best Quotes by Bobby Knight

The best Quotes by Bobby Knight

Robert Montgomery Knight (born October 25, 1940) is an American former basketball coach. Nicknamed "the General", Knight won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games, a record at the time of his retirement, and currently fifth all-time.

When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!

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

I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen.

The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

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Biden has won so many times in Michigan now.
He's legally required to change his name to Ohio State.

There's nothing wrong with Ohio
Except the snow and the rain

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East Coast style + Midwest charm = Ohio girl

Coming from southeast Ohio it's a very impoverished area and the poverty rate is almost two times the national average.

Joe Burrow - December 2019

Ohio girls - the kind of girl you can take home to meet your mom, but can outdrink your dad.

Home is where the heart is and the heart is in Ohio.

If you don't like the weather in Southern Ohio, just wait 15 minutes.

Ohio girls have that inner glow that makes them more beautiful than any other girl.

If I were giving a young man advice as to how he might succeed in life, I would say to him, "pick out a good father and mother, and begin life in Ohio."

Wilbur Wright

In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have.

LeBron James

Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.

Kobe Bryant in Training Camp

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There's a lot of players who, especially today, do all of these fancy ball handling drills and work on using a million different moves, none of which they'll be able to actually do in a game. It was refreshing to watch Sabrina play, who just thought the game at a different level.

Kobe Bryant - January 2020

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I stand with those who are calling out the ingrained racism and violence toward people of color in our country. We have had enough.

Michael Jordan - June 2020

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We went from a shitty team to one of the all-time best dynasties. All you needed was one little match to start that whole fire.

Michael Jordan in The Last Dance - Episode 10

Walked into a restaurant yesterday and guy comes up and says: "Aren't you Rik Smits?"
Not quite but I appreciated his hoops knowledge…

Dirk Nowitzki - December 2023

German friends that come visit always buy jerseys. I say, "hold on let me get a sharpie", and they say, "oh no. That's ok. This is actually Luka's. Do you mind getting it signed?"

Dirk Nowitzki - April 2022

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You guys are better people than players - that means a lot!

Gordon Herbert - September 2023, about Germany winning the World Cup

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I love the Philippines. But they need better beer!

Gordon Herbert - September 2023, about Germany winning the World Cup

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It's a great run, we'd had a wonderful time. Good Team. Time to go.

Phil Jackson in The Last Dance - Episode 10

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There are certain sports figures who become a larger cultural force. Michael Jordan and the Bulls changed the culture.

Barack Obama in The Last Dance - Episode 10

Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls

You're only concerned if you know you don't have it. We have it.

LeBron James - Olympia 2012 - nach Vorrundenspiel gegen Argentinien

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We cancelling sporting events, school, office work, etc etc. What we really need to cancel is 2020! Damn it's been a rough 3 months. God bless and stay safe.

LeBron James - March 2020

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I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

Dennis Rodman

I felt like calling attention to AIDS. I had the AIDS ribbon colored into my hair during the playoffs in '95.

Dennis Rodman

My kids are older now. They're kinda upset with me. They're not really upset, but they don't understand. I tell them all the time: "We" ain't rich. "I'm" rich.

Shaquille O'Neal - October 2021

I'm not worried about facing the Sacramento Queens. Write it down. Take a picture. I'm not going to talk about this all year. When I get back, there's going to be trouble.

Shaquille O'Neal

Sacramento Kings

I want to become one of the best players, so if you want to be one the best, you have to elevate all aspects of your game.

Giannis Antetokounmpo

If you are going to do something, you have to do it for yourself, and that's what I try to do. I try to be authentic and try to be original, so that's what I try to be. A lot of people try to build big brands but have received bad advice, and they don't try to be authentic and real with themselves.

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I learn from my mistakes. I did something stupid, and I'm just looking forward to the future.

Derrick Rose - after being caught speeding

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I'm truly blessed. Everything has just been like a dream come true. This just tops it off - I'm playing at the highest level of basketball and it's in my hometown. I really can't believe it right now.

Derrick Rose - after being the #1 draft to the Chicago Bulls (2008)

Sky is the limit for her and what she can do on the court, in terms of her impact in the game but also the court as well... It's been fun to watch her journey.

Stephen Curry - February 2024

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Basketball isn't just a sport. It is an art, one that must be mastered to succeed.

Stephen Curry

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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

John Wooden

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Young people need models, not critics.

John Wooden

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I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

Charles Barkley

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Basketball Role Models

I don't care what people think. People are stupid.

Charles Barkley

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It's a special group with a lot of special players, but even better human beings.

Gordon Herbert - September 2023, nach Sieg gegen USA

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I think it's just God disguised as Michael Jordan.

Larry Bird in The Last Dance

Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls

If I had to choose between my wife & keeping Luka on the Mavs, catch me at my lawyer's office prepping for a divorce.

Mark Cuban - 2020

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Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

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