Victory Favors The Team Making The Fewest

I'd Probably Be Better Off Without Trying To Satisfy Me, With My Sense Of Humor. There Are Things That I Have Said That Are Funny To Me, But They Weren't To Somebody In The Press. So That Hasn't Worked To My Benefit.

From The Time I Started Teaching, When I Was 21, I've Always Signed My Name Bob Knight. My College Coach Called Me Bobby, Still Does. But I Have Never Introduced Myself To Anybody In My Adult Life In Any Way Other Than, "i'm Bob Knight."

Failure, To Me, Is Not Having The Desire To Try. Having The Desire To Try Is In It Own Way Success.

It Has Always Been My Thought That The Most Important Single Ingredient To Success In Athletics Or Life Is Discipline. I Have Many Times Felt That This Word Is The Most Ill-defined In All Of Our Language. My Definition Isas Follows: 1. Do What Has To Be Done; 2. When It Has To Be Done; 3. As Well As It Can Be Done; And 4. Do It It That Way All The Time.

You Can't Imagine The Number Of People In Professional Sports Who Have Come Up To Me And Said, "god, You Treat Those Assholes Like I'd Like To Treat Them." And My Question Is, "then Why Don't You?".