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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began

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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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Robert Montgomery Knight
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Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you.
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