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I don't think I have ever been out of control.

Bobby Knight

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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
Basketball Coach
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Massillon
Ohio
Robert Montgomery Knight
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I don't intend to retire.
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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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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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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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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 sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
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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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Pat has been instrumental in what we've done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we've done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that's Pat. No one would come close to being able to continue to build on what we've done here so far like he will.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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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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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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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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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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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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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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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We've gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that's why I'm glad I'm not coaching. You see we've got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he's still coaching. I really don't understand that.
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