Bobby Knight Quotes

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Bobby Knight

Profession : Coach

Birth : October 25, 1940

I've always been a great fan of the state of Pennsylvania. One of the people - one of the people that I admired the most in college athletics was Joe Paterno.

Bobby Knight

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

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I don't think I have ever been out of control.

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I'm tired of this party stuff, where we're going to do what's right for this party, or we're going to do what's right for that party. Let's just get together and do what's right for the country. I think that's what all of us want.

Bobby Knight

I learned at an early stage that the most important thing I could do for my players was to give them the tools necessary to beat their opponent.

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From my standpoint, I would make it very difficult on the NBA to even have any association with college basketball. I think it's ludicrous the way they take kids away that are certainly not prepared to play.

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I'm a teacher. My mother was a teacher. I spent 40 years as a teacher.

Bobby Knight

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

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I think what Mr. Trump has is this - he has experiences. He has put more things together in businesses around the United States, around the world. And he's had some things that didn't go exactly right. He's been able to find a way to resurrect those things. He's been able to make some changes.

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

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I'll tell you one thing about Donald Trump: There will never be a Benghazi in a Donald Trump administration.

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I want to say to you Indiana people that I owe you a big, big debt of gratitude because nowhere in the world is a sporting group followed more than this state follows basketball. And I just want to thank you for the opportunity that I had to coach in this state - it will always be something that I will cherish.

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Harry Truman, with what he did in dropping and having the guts to drop the bomb in 1944, saved - saved millions of American lives.

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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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I just like the United States, and I like being an American.

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When somebody asks about the greatest players in history, I start with Bill Russell. More than the best player is the MVP, and the MVP in the history of team sports is Bill Russell.

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Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

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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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What the hell is a Republican? What the hell is a Democrat? I don't care. I've always urged people to make sure you vote for the right guy.

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Trump is not national: he's international. He's known all over the world. He has established businesses all over, and he has given jobs to thousands and thousands of people all over the world with these businesses that he has put together.

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