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I don't intend to retire.

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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If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
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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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There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I've always been too confrontational, especially when I know I'm right.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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I think that it's perhaps harder to learn from victory than it is from defeat. I think that we don't want defeat. We don't want defeat in sport. We don't want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What's going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how to help the helper
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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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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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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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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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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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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 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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