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If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.
Bobby Knight
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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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Massillon
Ohio
Robert Montgomery Knight
Bobby Knight
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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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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.
Bobby Knight
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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I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
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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.
Bobby Knight
You can't imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, God, you treat those assholes like I'd like to treat them. And my question is, Then why don't you?.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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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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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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Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.
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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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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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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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Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
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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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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.
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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.
Bobby Knight
Good basketball always starts with good defense!
Bobby Knight
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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