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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.

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've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
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If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.
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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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All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average. What I did was bring that kid in at 5:00 in the morning, and he would run the stairs from the bottom to the top until I told him to quit.
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America has the greatest reputation in the world for helping others whenever and wherever disaster strikes. Now, more than ever,it's important for us to contribute to those who are in need. Your assistance is really beneficial and will be greatly welcomed and appreciated.
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Pat has been instrumental in what we've done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we've done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that's Pat. No one would come close to being able to continue to build on what we've done here so far like he will.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.
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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 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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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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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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If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.
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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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