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There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I've always been too confrontational, especially when I know I'm right.

Bobby Knight

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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Coach
Massillon
Ohio
Robert Montgomery Knight
Bobby Knight
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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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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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Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
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If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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