Bobby Knight Quotes

I may say that this is the greatest factor: the way in which the expedition is equipped, the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits him who has everything in order, luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time, this is called bad luck.

Don't start vast projects with half-vast resources.

Keeping the risk management plan up to date can transform it from a door stop into a vital project management tool. Remember: what you don't know can kill your project.

We wait until Pandora's box is opened before we say, "Wow, maybe we should understand what's in that box." This is the story of humans on every problem.

If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.

Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.

Sometimes we have to think very clearly about the unthinkable because the unthinkable sometimes happens.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

The military has to think in terms of worst case scenarios. In a sense, they have to play the pessimist.

You can’t prepare for the best case; you have to prepare for the worst case.

It's been great that every title that we've done internally has been a huge success, but when you've got 50 or 100 people on there, all their families and everyone counting on you there, the idea of 'What if you screw up once?' or 'What if the market changes?'

Look several months ahead, see where the obstacles lie, and figure out ways to overcome them.

I think projects often fail because people do not have a clear understanding at the start what they are trying to deliver.

This is something that baffles me about managers: if you know the formation that you will revert to if you are in trouble, why not start with it?

Projects are usually undertaken to either solve a problem or take advantage of an opportunity. The probability that the project - even if precisely executed - will complete on time, on budget, and on performance is typically small. Project management is utilized to increase this probability. So in a sense, project management is risk management.

I will take less risks. When the options aren't appearing, I will clear it into the stands or play a long ball up front.

Time and again, players lose because they make rash decisions. Therefore, you always have to remind yourself - don't hurry. Embarking on a risky combination that cannot be calculated to the end is certainly not the right thing to do.

I will take the lead in turning risks into opportunities.

Be safe and be realistic. They're both equally important.

I wanted to do a lot of things in wine, but I didn't know how to do it. So before I invested in anything, before I really put my dollars into it, I put my whole heart, soul, mind into it so that I really understand the severity of each outcome, the severity of success and the severity of failure.

Tomorrow always arrives. It is always different. And even the mightiest company is in trouble if it has not worked on the future. Being surprised by what happens is a risk that even the largest and richest company cannot afford, and even the smallest business need not run.

He who fails to plan is planning to fail.

It is better to anticipate than to react.

It's all well and good to look back after the fact and see what we should have done, but we rarely know what path is best when we take that first step.

Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.