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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.

Bobby Knight

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Bobby Knight
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
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Massillon
Ohio
Robert Montgomery Knight
Bobby Knight
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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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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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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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Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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.
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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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As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators - not recently - fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.
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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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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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I don't think I have ever been out of control.
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Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how to help the helper
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I don't intend to retire.
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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
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