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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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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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Robert Montgomery Knight
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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen.
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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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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 would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.
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Players must be able to carry out simple instructions from the bench to the court. If they can't, then they can't play
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As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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When we're playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man's job to stop the center. It's the responsibility of our perimeter people to stop the ball from going inside.
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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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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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Superiority and success doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem... The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.
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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time.
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People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies.
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As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators - not recently - fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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