Bobby Knight Quotations

The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.

A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against

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.

When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'hope.'

We've gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that's why I'm glad I'm not coaching. You see we've got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he's still coaching. I really don't understand that.

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

I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.

Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.

There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I've always been too confrontational, especially when I know I'm right.

If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.