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I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.

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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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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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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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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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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought... about potential pitfalls.
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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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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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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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I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
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I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.
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Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'hope.'
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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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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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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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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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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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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.
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Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
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