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I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.

~Bobby Knight

Topics: Did Dumb Kinda Morning Next Next Morning Regret Something Until Wait

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Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?

~Bobby Knight

Topics: Been Chance Ever Giving Many Me Now Said Talk Things Why Without

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During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

~Bobby Knight

Topics: Career Championship Coaching Final Five Four Indiana National Occasions Point Reached Teams Tech Texas Three Times West West Point Winning

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As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.

~Bobby Knight

Topics: Being Coach Concentrated Entire Games His Must Prepares Team Winning

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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.

~Bobby Knight

Topics: Able Average Basis Bottom Bring Card Class Coached Cut Daily Daily Basis Did Dropping Each Every Grade Had He Him Keep Kid Morning Professor Quit Run Sent Stairs Top Track Until Who Would Years

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I enjoyed needling the press. If I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't have done it. Writers have rarely played, so as a coach, you have antagonistic feelings about some guy writing up the story of the game who's never even attempted to play it.

~Bobby Knight

Topics: About Antagonistic Attempted Coach Done Enjoy Enjoyed Even Feelings Game Guy Never Play Played Press Rarely Some Story Up Writers Writing You

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Major League Baseball has the best idea of all. Three years before they'll take a kid out of college, then they have a minor league system that they put the kids in. I'm sure that if the NBA followed the same thing, there would be a lot of kids in a minor league system that still were not good enough to play in the major NBA.

~Bobby Knight

Topics: Baseball Before Best College Enough Followed Good Idea Kid Kids League Lot Major Major League Minor Nba Not Good Enough Out Play Put Same Same Thing Still Sure System Take Then Thing Three Were Would Years

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I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.

~Bobby Knight

Topics: Almighty Always Basketball Basketball Team Felt Help Know Lot Other Team Than Things You

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I don't think that political history is full of a whole lot of tremendously honest people. I have never found any fault about that as far as Mr. Trump is concerned in my relationship with him.

~Bobby Knight

Topics: About Any As Far As Concerned Far Fault Found Full Him History Honest Honest People Lot Never People Political Relationship Think Tremendously Trump Whole Mr

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Probably nobody in America has come close to setting up as many jobs for people with his business as Donald Trump has.

~Bobby Knight

Topics: America Business Close Come Donald Donald Trump His Jobs Many Nobody People Setting Trump Up

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: October 25th, 1940

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