What's Your Favorite Bob Knight Quote?

[incrediboy 919]

Other than the "I want them to bury me upside down" (of course), my all-time favorite comes from when he was first hired at Texas Tech and he and the AD and the women's coach were making the Texas circuit to raise money for the athletic department and the library at Tech. It was suggested that since he was from Ohio, Knight needed to learn to speak Texan.

 

"I've already learned one word here, and I love it. That word is sumbitch. All my life I've been using four syllables to say that word, now I know I can say it in two."

[ctown2grhoosier 380]

"F**k, F**k, F**k, F***k, 4 passes, F**k, F**k, set a screen, F**k, F**k, Shoot! I know he said this one a lot but still my favorite!

[TomPritchard25 526]

"My all time favorite player is..."

[Hoosierboy1980 451]

I don't remember the quote, but when he was looking into his crystal ball.

[FortWayneHoosier 5,830]

anything in this video 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av6Mu8aLkio

[OliviaPope40 6,295]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1080495-bob-knight-the-generals-top-20-quotes-as-a-college-basketball-coach

[HoosierHoops1 5,024]

"I'd say this is a real Mickey Mouse operation, but then that'd be doing a disservice to Mickey Mouse"

[HoosierHoops1 5,024]

"There aren't but 3 guys in the Big Ten who can hit a 3 and I've got 2 of 'em"

[Parakeet Jones 3,733]

If the NBA were on channel 4 and two frogs making love were on channel 3, I would watch channel 3 even it was fuzzy.

[JSHoosier 19,559]

If the NBA were on channel 4 and two frogs making love were on channel 3, I would watch channel 3 even it was fuzzy.

This, you beat me to it.

[Parakeet Jones 3,733]

Another favorite of mine was this exchange after beating UNLV in the 87 final four.

"It was a thinking man's game today wasn't it, Coach?" - Billy Packer

"And you mean to tell me you understood it? - RMK

[HoosierHoops1 5,024]

After Louisville won the NCAA in '86 either the Governor of Kentucky or the Mayor of Louisville had a sign erected as you came across the i-65 bridge into Kentucky similar to "The best basketball team in the land lives here!"

 

Upon Indiana winning in '87, Knight said "You tell the Governor of Kentucky to turn that damn sign around!"

[HoosierHoops1 5,024]

Defense is to offense as 4 is to 2.

[Old Friend 8,389]

If the NBA were on channel 4 and two frogs making love were on channel 3, I would watch channel 3 even it was fuzzy.

Yep.  You beat me to it, also.

 

In second place? (Well, other than his "Golf Your Way" out-takes)

 

"People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies."

[Jafo71 149]

I like two specifically.


"P.S. Don't ever let your husband hold this kid over anything but a bed."
- Congratulating Uwe Blab's wife. Blab played for Knight at Indiana and was notorious for having trouble hanging onto the basketball.


"I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance."
-Commenting on that stormy 1987 game with LSU

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,940]

Another favorite of mine was this exchange after beating UNLV in the 87 final four.

"It was a thinking man's game today wasn't it, Coach?" - Billy Packer

"And you mean to tell me you understood it? - RMK

Never did like Billy Packer and his overboard favoritism to the ACC.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,940]

Took me a while to track down the specifics but at the start of the 1995-1996 season, Knight brought in a JUCO named Lou Moore.  Moore dressed and played in the Great Alaska Shootout and that was it.  One of several quotes from Knight about Moore was "Lou Moore is no more!" 

[HoosierHoops1 5,024]

Took me a while to track down the specifics but at the start of the 1995-1996 season, Knight brought in a JUCO named Lou Moore.  Moore dressed and played in the Great Alaska Shootout and that was it.  One of several quotes from Knight about Moore was "Lou Moore is no more!" 

 

"It is my understanding he does not feel this is the right place for him and, quite honestly, I would have to agree with him," said head coach Bobby Knight in a statement.
 

 

 

Also, regarding Lou Moore

[OliviaPope40 6,295]

Took me a while to track down the specifics but at the start of the 1995-1996 season, Knight brought in a JUCO named Lou Moore.  Moore dressed and played in the Great Alaska Shootout and that was it.  One of several quotes from Knight about Moore was "Lou Moore is no more!" 

Where did he end up at?

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,940]

Where did he end up at?

Transferred to Oklahoma for coach - are you ready for this - Kelvin Sampson!!   From what I found he had a bunch of injuries at OK and was subsequently dismissed by Sampson for the ever popular "violation of team rules" and he ended his final year of eligibility at Oklahoma City University.