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Bobby Knight
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
Basketball Coach
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Robert Montgomery Knight
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
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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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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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If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.
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Positive wish: 'The sun will come out tomorrow.' Negative reality: 'Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess unless something is done to clean it up.
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
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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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I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
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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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I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.
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Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
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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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All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average. What I did was bring that kid in at 5:00 in the morning, and he would run the stairs from the bottom to the top until I told him to quit.
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Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
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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 structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.
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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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