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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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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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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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All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
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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 don't intend to retire.
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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.
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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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People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies.
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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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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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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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The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.
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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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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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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.
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I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
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Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
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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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