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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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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
Basketball Coach
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Massillon
Ohio
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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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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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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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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