More - Pat Knight Quotes

[Texas Tech athletic director] Gerald Myers called me in and said they didn't want me to leave, they wanted me to be the next coach.

Pat Knight

 

You've got to win and put a good product on the floor, which we think we do, and we have for four years. It's something I think they've always fought here. It's just tough, and it gets frustrating at times, but it's just part of it.

Pat Knight

 Floor

He's got it made here,

Pat Knight

 

I'm not looking to get my old man out. But I think he can relax more instead of being here all the time. He needs his time away to do his fishing and hunting. He'll be 65 in October, his health is good but it will get to a point where he'll wonder how much more he wants to accomplish. There are some places he'd like to fish in South America and Africa that he can't because when it's their summer it's our winter [during basketball season]. We've got the continuity in place now. This has worked out really well.

Pat Knight

 Man

It's truly an honor to carry on my dad's legacy here at Texas Tech.

Pat Knight

 Honor

I know he wants the record for sure, after that I don't know,

Pat Knight

 

I'm hoping he could go three or four more.

Pat Knight

 

I'm at a point where probably in the next couple of years I'm gonna go coach football. It's something I enjoy. I don't need a paycheck for it,

Pat Knight

 Football

My job is to prolong his career. I hope he has a lot of good years left, especially with the recruits we have coming in.

Pat Knight

 

We just watched it again on tape. You can tell they were trying to foul him, but they're not getting a really good hold of him. It's a judgment call. Fortunately, it went our way.

Pat Knight

 Trying