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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.

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
The General
Championship
Nobody
Wants
Team
Everybody
Practice
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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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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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Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
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Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.
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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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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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I don't intend to retire.
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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
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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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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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Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought... about potential pitfalls.
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Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.
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I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
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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 would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
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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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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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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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