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Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

Bobby Knight

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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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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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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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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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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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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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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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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I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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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If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.
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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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