Robert M. "Bob" Knight's Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech

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  • Опубліковано 21 гру 2024
  • Pete Newell introduces Robert M. "Bob" Knight as he delivers his speech upon being enshrined to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 1991. To learn more about Robert M. "Bob" Knight take a look at his official Hall of Fame bio at www.hoophall.co...

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  • @Awesomeknight7
    @Awesomeknight7 6 років тому +32

    Pete Newell and Bobby Knight! Two of the best ever!

  • @raymondschratz6668
    @raymondschratz6668 Рік тому +9

    Classy coach with real values, insight and discipline… RIP

  • @tom87pate
    @tom87pate 9 років тому +51

    Bob Knight is a living legend.

  • @tedjordan7567
    @tedjordan7567 4 роки тому +7

    1991? Why does this look like 1968?

  • @shawnbeck2303
    @shawnbeck2303 4 роки тому +17

    Bob Knight. The G.O.A.T. Thanks, Bobby. For the great memories! SHAWN

  • @davidclay2339
    @davidclay2339 10 днів тому

    We took him for granted. He was a basketball genius. RIP

  • @STsixx
    @STsixx 12 років тому +13

    um... not really. he didn't scare anyone away, some players just weren't meant for his style.. that's not a fail, that's being true to who you are.

    • @drh2098
      @drh2098 4 роки тому +1

      Being gay is true to who you are.

    • @tedjordan7567
      @tedjordan7567 4 роки тому +1

      You’re right not everyone was okay getting choked and head butted.

  • @DickPowell-iv3lz
    @DickPowell-iv3lz Рік тому +1

    Coach Knight did what their parents did not do make the accountable. Not an easy job but it made them better in so many ways.

  • @davidallen1108
    @davidallen1108 3 роки тому +12

    Bobby Knight is the greatest coach to ever coach anything. Period.

    • @williammials6080
      @williammials6080 3 роки тому

      Go back on the meds!

    • @davidallen1108
      @davidallen1108 3 роки тому +1

      @@williammials6080 you obviously know nothing about basketball

    • @williammials6080
      @williammials6080 3 роки тому +1

      @@davidallen1108 And you obviously need your medication increased if you think this "NUT CASE" is the greatest coach ever!

    • @davidallen1108
      @davidallen1108 3 роки тому

      @@williammials6080 ok well you obviously are clueless

    • @williammials6080
      @williammials6080 3 роки тому

      @@davidallen1108 And You? Go to the Nut House and buy a clue from the Nut Case Knight! There is a good reason he's not seen anymore! Take one guess?

  • @williamfrawley1175
    @williamfrawley1175 4 роки тому +18

    My favorite coach of all time. I can't even watch basketball anymore.

  • @bobjames5264
    @bobjames5264 Рік тому

    His assistants upon hearing him sing their praises had to be like, “HUH??? Where’d THAT come from???” 😆

  • @johnmayes761
    @johnmayes761 4 роки тому +8

    Kids today do not know how good john havelichk was the man scored over 26 thousand with no 3 point line if he played with a 3 point line he would of scored over 30 thousands

    • @liberalmadness7248
      @liberalmadness7248 3 роки тому +2

      The 3 point shot has ruined basketball. Everything for the past 20 years is just dribble dribble 3. The big man is completely irrelevant now!

    • @williammials6080
      @williammials6080 2 роки тому

      He is not relevant here! Sure he was great though...

  • @denisesills3111
    @denisesills3111 2 роки тому +3

    Commander knight get it. Front line hell for a good ending. What can you say !!!!???

  • @stantyner9296
    @stantyner9296 4 роки тому +6

    GOAT😷

  • @turtle19dad
    @turtle19dad 12 років тому +7

    Just to see him in Indiana, I think my first words would be WELCOME HOME COACH!
    Now we bleed Crean and Crimson! GO BIG RED! RETURN TO GLORY Lets get our kicks for number 6!!!!

  • @McAfee6684
    @McAfee6684 8 місяців тому

    RIP! Greatest coach of all time!

  • @johnmatzye6633
    @johnmatzye6633 Рік тому +2

    He was tough - but fair. He lets his players know first-hand - just because you could play basketball - the world does not own you a darn thing. Athletes not rising the National Athen - not only will he order you off the team - but the campus as well.

  • @adamdorgant9454
    @adamdorgant9454 2 роки тому +3

    Great Speech!!!

  • @saunders317
    @saunders317 12 років тому +17

    Larry Bird wasn't comfortable at a big school like IU, it wasn't that he didn't like Bob Knight.

    • @samshetty8820
      @samshetty8820 4 роки тому +1

      That's true I also felt that coming from Warsaw Indiana

    • @williammials6080
      @williammials6080 3 роки тому

      He would have been my reason for not going....

    • @mariepavlov2425
      @mariepavlov2425 3 роки тому +1

      @@samshetty8820, make it French Lick, Indiana.

    • @adamdorgant9454
      @adamdorgant9454 2 роки тому

      @@mariepavlov2425 Yes, now that you mentioned it!!!

    • @williammials6080
      @williammials6080 2 роки тому

      You sure?

  • @hoopsheavenpa
    @hoopsheavenpa 11 років тому +12

    I hope Bob Knight buries the hatchet and returns to IU. I don't see it happening but I hope for it. Tom Crean would totally embrace him and Assembly Hall would rock like it never rocked before.

    • @ledzeppelin5647
      @ledzeppelin5647 5 років тому +2

      He finally did!

    • @gregoryphillips3969
      @gregoryphillips3969 4 роки тому +5

      He just did return to IU and it was glorious. Coach Knight is deserving of every possible coaching accolade. To do what he did with the level of talent he attracted in my mind makes him the greatest college basketball ball coach.
      People speak highly of John Wooden which they should. What's not commonly known is that John Wooden was at UCLA for around 16 or 17 years before he won a championship. And he only started winning once a man named Sam Gilbert starting hanging around the program spending money and doing whatever it took to get the best players to come to UCLA. People don't realize that after Wooden retired the UCLA program was put on probation for several recruiting violations. John Wooden was a good coach but other things have to be taken into consideration.
      Bobby Knight got the Indiana Hoosier coaching job in the early 1970's and by 1976 won a national championship going 32 - 0 with maybe the best college basketball team for 1 year in the history of the sport. Coach Knight never had any NCAA violations attached to his program and had a 98% graduation rate. Yes, in my mind he's the greatest college basketball coach of all time.

    • @drh2098
      @drh2098 4 роки тому

      Gregory Phillips Hard to argue with that logic.

    • @mariepavlov2425
      @mariepavlov2425 3 роки тому

      @@gregoryphillips3969, that was until a fellow named Coach K came along.

    • @gregoryphillips3969
      @gregoryphillips3969 3 роки тому +1

      @@mariepavlov2425 There's an argument for coach K that can be made. Coach K year in and year out probably had more talented players to coach.
      The 1987 lndiana national championship team clinches it for me. At least 4 out the 5 Syracuse starters went on to play in the NBA. Maybe Keith Smart for Indiana. No way John Wooden even gets that 1987 Indiana team to the championship game let alone win. I don't know if Coack K does either.
      Remember Bob Knight won alot of college basketball games at Army as a young coach. He had Army in post season tournaments. Very few people know how great of an accomplishment that is.
      I'll take Bobby Knight. If Larry Bird would have gone to Indiana University Knight would have probably had at least 1 or 2 more championships.

  • @CH-nl3oo
    @CH-nl3oo 4 роки тому +7

    98% graduation rate?

    • @tdcninja4143
      @tdcninja4143 3 роки тому +1

      Yes. 98% of every IU basketball player who played all 4 years for Knight graduated. The other 2 graduated after 4 years.

  • @sully3292
    @sully3292 11 років тому +1

    Haven't read a single book or article that have touched on this subject, have you?

  • @ntg128
    @ntg128 11 років тому

    Thanks Matt, I didn't know that.

  • @ifheavenwashuman
    @ifheavenwashuman 3 місяці тому

    An angry man who happened to captivate the hearts of the amateur basketball world through his polarity and grand success.

  • @ronniejenkins4056
    @ronniejenkins4056 5 років тому +2

    He was tuff but if I went to college for ball yeah my ass would of Been here. And that would of Been in Calvert day. Hoosier for life

  • @dennisjones1941
    @dennisjones1941 3 роки тому +3

    didnt bring up isiash thomas SAD

  • @layla-bw4xu
    @layla-bw4xu 3 роки тому +3

    Legend

  • @marktarmym.5066
    @marktarmym.5066 Місяць тому

    He didn't mention Texas Tech as a great Institution.

  • @duhtoff
    @duhtoff 8 років тому +4

    Are you all right camera guy?

  • @McAfee6684
    @McAfee6684 8 місяців тому

    Steve Alford needs to go back to IU

  • @rogercobbs4297
    @rogercobbs4297 8 років тому +1

    Now I bout had enough of this you either are going to block or you take you ass and go home now I mean it

    • @randydubin7118
      @randydubin7118 7 років тому

      Roger Cobbs ...???....

    • @rogercobbs4297
      @rogercobbs4297 7 років тому +1

      don't remember I was thinking thought of coach but what I'm referring to I don't know, been awhile since I put comment lol

    • @ronniejenkins4056
      @ronniejenkins4056 5 років тому

      Don,t worry Hoosiers all the way

  • @timdusen830
    @timdusen830 3 роки тому +2

    Ask Isiah Thomas' mother about coach Knight. Period

  • @thenbalovesdp
    @thenbalovesdp 11 років тому +3

    Throughout that speech, did Coach Knight even thank anybody?

    • @RovingRoy
      @RovingRoy 7 років тому +16

      He acknowledged many people who helped him along the way without directly saying "Thank you."

    • @rickywarner7444
      @rickywarner7444 5 років тому +8

      At Coach Knight's induction, count the number of names he mentioned...his coaches and mentors, players, specific teams of his. Those are thanks. (This was "Bob Knight's" induction into the HOF, he was humble and thankful on that...his night).

    • @rickywarner7444
      @rickywarner7444 5 років тому +6

      Pay attention, watch/listen again. He was gracious, non-abrasive... showing a side of himself that answers the question, "why would anyone let their son play for him?" A step further, and more importantly in the big picture...why would anyone not want that? Refer to all former players who completed their degree...which is supposed to be the final tally. My grandfather taught me early..."if you can't play with the big dogs in the yard, best keep your ass on the porch." I believe that's a life lesson all should be aware of, and know it's true. We all know, life is competition...some too late. IU student athletes knew that before they were cast adrift in the competitive game called "life." (All things being equal, he could have broken out a scroll and named those who tried to impede this lesson, or transferred (ran away) to escape the reality of his teachings. If we could put each side on a scale...there would be no match.

    • @yourpropheticnews7030
      @yourpropheticnews7030 4 роки тому

      DP30 the players and his staff and the whole thing was a tribute to even his office staff. What’s your deal ?

    • @williammials6080
      @williammials6080 3 роки тому

      Probably Not! He is not made that way! Total JERK!

  • @charlesbromberick4247
    @charlesbromberick4247 5 років тому +5

    Bobby knight threw chairs

  • @UnleashTheGreen
    @UnleashTheGreen 6 років тому +13

    bobby knight taught respect....too bad he never learned any himself.

  • @reggaefan2700
    @reggaefan2700 11 років тому +2

    Yeah right.

  • @williammials6080
    @williammials6080 3 роки тому +2

    A "NUT" case!

  • @chrislamport4801
    @chrislamport4801 3 роки тому +1

    The all Time Greatest Coach in College Basketball was John Wooden, Bobby Knight was no where near the Coach John Wooden was period!!!

    • @murphystreet
      @murphystreet 3 роки тому +7

      Wooden was a cheater. Knight wasn’t.

    • @williammials6080
      @williammials6080 3 роки тому

      He was Crazy and is more so today!

    • @josephubil
      @josephubil 3 роки тому +3

      This a video of Bob Knight being enshrined in the BB HOF...not signing a John Wooden kumbaya campfire song...so, whats your malcontent point? Dislike? Hatred? Jealousy? Grow up.

    • @adiracquetball
      @adiracquetball 3 роки тому +2

      I've read multiple books on John Wooden. I loved Wooden as a coach and used a lot of his techniques when coaching. That being said I have a ton of respect for Knight as a coach. I thought he was a brilliant coach. He contended for titles for years with not the greatest talent. When he had great talent he won and won championships. If you looked at the accomplishments of his players in the NBA only Isaiah Thomas really was a top flight pro. Wooden had some real studs that were all time greats. How do you quantify who was better? I know I could say that Wooden was probably a better recruiter but I don't know if anyone coached x's and o's better than Robert Montgomery Knight.

    • @josephubil
      @josephubil 3 роки тому +1

      @@adiracquetball As a junior in high school, I and three other players on our team went to the Pocono Mountains(PA) basketball camp, run by Coach Knight when he was the head coach at Army...On the first morning addressing the camp in a small hot airplaine hanger type of gym, coach told all of us to get up from our chairs and get in the defensive position & shuffle our our legs up and down...this went on for what seemed like an eternity as he pushed us to keep at it...finally he had us stop...all of us were physically drained, but somehow we got through it...he then said to us "if you think your folks sent you here to go on a summer vacation, you're sadly mistaken"(and that was putting it mildly to what he actually said)...still to this day, I'm both sore & exhausted...I came back home having learned tons of basketball, but most importnatly the meaning of discipline, dedication to work ethic & perserverance...traits instilled in me to this day... I wouldn't trade that weeks experience for anything, period...thank you Coach Bob Knight.