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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
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Massillon
Ohio
Robert Montgomery Knight
Bobby Knight
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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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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
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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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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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I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
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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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Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.
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Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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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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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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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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.
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I think that it's perhaps harder to learn from victory than it is from defeat. I think that we don't want defeat. We don't want defeat in sport. We don't want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What's going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be?
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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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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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I don't intend to retire.
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