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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.

Bobby Knight

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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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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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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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