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I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.

Bobby Knight

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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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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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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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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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Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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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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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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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.
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Superiority and success doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem... The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.
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As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators - not recently - fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.
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I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen.
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People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
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We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
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As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.
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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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The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
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Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
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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 don't think I have ever been out of control.
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