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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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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven't called walking for 20 years, now you don't know what it is. When you call walking, you're about half right.
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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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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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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 we're playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man's job to stop the center. It's the responsibility of our perimeter people to stop the ball from going inside.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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I don't think I have ever been out of control.
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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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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought... about potential pitfalls.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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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I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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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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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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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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
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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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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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