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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.

Bobby Knight

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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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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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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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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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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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Al McGuire talked to me I don't know how many times about dealing with the press: You've got to be a con man. I tried that for a day or so, but it never really worked for me.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
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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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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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Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
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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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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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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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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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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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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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In my dealings with the press, I was like the guy who goes into the cathouse and the madam gets him prepared and looks at him and says, Who are you going to satisfy with that? And he looks back at her and says, Me. That's kind of my sense of humor at times.
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I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.
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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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