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Bobby Knight
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: October 25
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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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To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
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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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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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The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
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Everybody hears, but few listen.
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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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Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
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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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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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I don't intend to retire.
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I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender
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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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I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
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Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.
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I don't think I have ever been out of control.
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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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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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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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Good basketball always starts with good defense!
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