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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.

Bobby Knight

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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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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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I don't think I have ever been out of control.
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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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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
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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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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.
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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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