Bobby Knight Quotes

Sometimes I wonder which is worse - confrontational people who are afraid of caring or caring people who are afraid of confrontation.

Always having to have the last word is a bad trait. Pisses people off.

I like woman who doesn't necessarily care if other people like her. She is she who she is and figures people can take it or leave it. What I do like is a woman who has the guts to tell exactly as she feels. It's not appealing when a woman dresses to please a man. It's way more attractive if she has her own distinct style and wears what she feels best in.

One should not evoke violence by acting fearful.

I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.

When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with.

I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. Because if you like me you can throw me away too quick. If you respect me, you may not even like what I was wearing, but you'll say, "I respect that."

I like to be nice to people, but sometimes people aren't nice to me.

A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.

I don't know how to make people like me. Cinna, how do you make people like you?

I think a good thing that needs to change is that people should be at least fearless about expressin' themselves.

I want to keep everyone happy but at the same time I also have to be confident with what I'm putting out and be secure with it.

Be bold and don't worry about what people think. They don't do it that often anyway.

If you spend your life sparing people’s feelings and feeding their vanity, you get so you can’t distinguish what should be respected in them.

Some people have bigger egos than others. You have to take a lot of abuse, and take it in and not respond, because you don't want conflicts on the movie, you don't want to start screaming at people even when they treat you - even when they're not behaving properly, because you want them to do their job, and keep on doing it.

School doesn't really teach you how to interact with people properly, you learn that outside of school.

Let your light shine today, and let your personality blossom, too. You don't have to be a people-pleaser, just a people-lover.

I'm not afraid to upset people. But I am not as upset because I understand what I'm up against.

You don't know how to talk to people you don't like. Don't love, really. You can't live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.

I'm done living for other people. I'm done being a people pleaser. I'm done thinking about what people think about me.

Be confident, and just do it. It's all about not questioning what everyone else is thinking, since they're probably looking to others to know what is or isn't cool.

They want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality.

Whether the public like me or not, I am who I am.

My goal is never to tone down.

I just stand by the things I believe in and if that upsets people, which it often does, then we got a situation on our hands. Everybody is okay and safe. I'm just blessed to be awake.