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Bobby Knight, born on October 25, 1940, is a renowned basketball coach. He has a high reputation in the basketball world and has coached at the University of Kentucky and the University of Texas, leading his teams to multiple NCAA championships.

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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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Book:The Power of Negative Thinking: An Unconventional Approach to Achieving Positive Results

Source: The Power of Negative Thinking: An Unconventional Approach to Achieving Positive Results

“Superiority and success doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem... The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.”

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“We talk in coaching about "winners" - kids, and I've had a lot of them, who just will not allow themselves or their team to lose. Coaches call that a will to win. I don't. I think that puts the emphasis in the wrong place. Everybody has a will to win. What's far more important is having the will to prepare to win.”

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“Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.”

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

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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.”

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“Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.”

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“If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as anybody can. I would just cheat, get some money from a lot of people around Indianapolis who want to run the operation that way, and just go out and get the best basketball players I can. Then we'd beat everybody.”

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

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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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Author:Bobby Knight

About the Author

Born: October 25, 1940
Known for: Basketball Coach
Quotes: 119

Books & Sources

The Power of Negative Thinking: An Unconventional Approach to Achieving Positive ResultsRelated source material

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