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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.
Bobby Knight
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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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Robert Montgomery Knight
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the break, an outstanding scorer, whatever it is that they like to do and rely on, you have to work in your plans on taking that completely or as much as possible away from them.
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If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
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I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
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So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, 'He's saying God screwed the pitcher.
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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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I don't intend to retire.
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The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every game?
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We've gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that's why I'm glad I'm not coaching. You see we've got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he's still coaching. I really don't understand that.
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Positive wish: 'The sun will come out tomorrow.' Negative reality: 'Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess unless something is done to clean it up.
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Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.
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I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
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Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you.
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I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.
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