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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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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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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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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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Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
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Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
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We've gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that's why I'm glad I'm not coaching. You see we've got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he's still coaching. I really don't understand that.
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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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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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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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I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.
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Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.
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I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
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I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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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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If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.
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At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven't called walking for 20 years, now you don't know what it is. When you call walking, you're about half right.
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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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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 have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.
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