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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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
Bobby Knight
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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I don't think I have ever been out of control.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'hope.'
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I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
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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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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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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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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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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.
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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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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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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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If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.
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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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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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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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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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