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

Quote by Bobby Knight

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Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I...

If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I...

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

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

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...

Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a...

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press...

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press...

Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in...

Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in...

If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and...

If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and...

I don't think I have ever been out of control.

I don't think I have ever been out of control.

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

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

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.

I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.

I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the...

I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the...

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

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

As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been...

As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been...

I don't intend to retire.

I don't intend to retire.

I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that...

I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that...

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want...

When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want...