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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

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Bobby Knight
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Coach
Massillon
Ohio
Robert Montgomery Knight
Bobby Knight
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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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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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You can't imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, God, you treat those assholes like I'd like to treat them. And my question is, Then why don't you?.
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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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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
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I don't think I have ever been out of control.
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If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.
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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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I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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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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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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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought... about potential pitfalls.
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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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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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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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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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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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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