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Bobby Knight Biography

Robert Montgomery Knight (born October 25, 1940) is a retired American basketball coach. Nicknamed "The General", Knight won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games, the most all-time at the time of his retirement and currently third all-time, behind his former player and assistant coach Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University, and Jim Boeheim of Syracuse University. Knight is best known as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers from 1971 to 2000. He also coached at Texas Tech (2001–2008) and at Army (1965–1971).

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For me to get an award from the press, I know there's been no favoritism.

Award, Awards, Favoritism, Know, Rewards

The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically
mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.

Basketball, Face, Goal, Player, Practice

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

Championship, Nobody, Practice, Team, Want

I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.

Brown, Chance, Down, Losing, Saw, Saws

I'd probably be better off without trying to satisfy me, with my sense of humor. There are things that I have said that are funny to me, but they weren't to somebody in the press. So that hasn't worked to my benefit.

Benefits, Humor, Sense, Sense Of Humor, Trying, Worked

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.

Basketball, Came, Demanding, Son, Sports

It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language. My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.

Discipline, Done, Leadership, Life, Sports, Thought

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.

Admit, Basketball, Humor, Indulging, Inspirational, Teamwork

Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team. When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter.

Ball, Basketball, Know, Opportunity, Option, Team

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.

Als, Know How, Men, Press, Talked, Worked

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.

Basketball, Call, Knight, Knights, Name, Son

As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators - not recently - fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.

Basketball, Cooperative, Involved, Real, Sports, Years

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

Basketball, Fuzzy, Love, Making Love, Nba, Watch

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.

Basketball, Confrontation, Know, Led, Passion, Right

Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.

Basketball, Men, Nba, Zone, Against, Passing

We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every game?

Ass, Basketball, Team, Win, Winning

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

Basketball, Enjoyable, Part, Practice, Preparation

You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

Against, Balls, Play, Potential, Sports

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.

Banners, Basketball, Cookies, Milk, People

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?".

Assholes, Come, Like, Numbers, People, Sports

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