I had some coaches that literally didn't want me to make it, and one in particular was [Team USA coach] Bobby Knight 
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Quotes about Bobby Knight
I had some coaches that literally didn't want me to make it, and one in particular was [Team USA coach] Bobby Knight
was said
in ESPN
I knew they were going to be good ... I know they score a lot of points and will be playing a lot of motion. They also play more zone than a coach (Bobby) Knight team in the past.
said Jamie Dixon
When Skip comes up, everybody has the same reaction ... I used to tell people that Bobby Knight was a cream puff compared to Skip. But at the same time, anyone who really knew him had so much respect for what he accomplished. One of the many qualities I admired about the man, in all the years I knew him, I never heard him once use his physical handicap as an excuse.
said Don Underwood
If you'd told me our perimeter went 0-for-14 and we'd won ... ... It didn't take Bobby Knight to figure out we maybe should pound the ball inside.
said Tom Billeter
in Argus Leader
I was playing for a coach who was cut from the Bobby Knight cloth and I kind of rebelled against him a little bit ... And at some point he said to me, 'Look, this is not about you. It's about the team.' And it took me a while, I think, to really understand that, but that's how I've approached the work that I've done in politics ever since.
said Barack Obama
You could argue that he gave an awful contract to Castillo because he's hispanic...but he gave an equally awful contract to schoenweiss and he's white. He traded for Maine, signed Billy Wagner...they drafted Pelfrey...Stokes is white, Brandon Knight is white, Joe Smith is white...Daniel Murphy is white...so Nick Evans...as are John Niese, Mike Karp and Bobby Parnell...
was said
in Sports Blogs
Quotes from articles mentioning Bobby Knight
It's a lot more difficult coaching today ... There are so many Madison Avenue coaches is three-piece suits, always in a hurry to get somewhere. In the old days, coaches had fun together, coaching a different kind of kid. I'm sorry to see those kind of kids go.
said Bobby Knight
It was 15 years ago — it doesn't seem like 15 years ago — it seems like yesterday ... He did a lot of great things for me. He taught me how to be tough and how to be competitive, on the court and in life in general. You know his resume.
said Calbert Cheaney
Calbert, since he finished playing college basketball, has been a champion (in life)
said Bobby Knight
