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

Quote by Bobby Knight

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I don't intend to retire.

I don't intend to retire.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 think I have ever been out of control.

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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