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The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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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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The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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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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Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
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America has the greatest reputation in the world for helping others whenever and wherever disaster strikes. Now, more than ever,it's important for us to contribute to those who are in need. Your assistance is really beneficial and will be greatly welcomed and appreciated.
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Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.
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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 would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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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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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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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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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.
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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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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 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.
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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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I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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