Bobby Knight

Robert Knight 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 second all-time, behind his former player and assistant coach Mike Krzyzewski of Duke 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).

While at Indiana, Knight led his teams to three NCAA championships, one National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship, and 11 Big Ten Conference championships. His 1975–76 team went undefeated during the regular season and won the 1976 NCAA tournament.

Date of birth:
25th October, 1940
"I don’t have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb."
― Bobby Knight
Topic(s): Morning
"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."
― Bobby Knight
Topic(s): Humor
"People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad."
― Bobby Knight
Topic(s): Change
"I’m an unemployed teacher right now and I’m looking for a place to teach."
― Bobby Knight
Topic(s): Teacher
"When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!"
― Bobby Knight
Topic(s): Time
"You don’t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
― Bobby Knight
Topic(s): Sports
"The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare."
― Bobby Knight
Topic(s): Motivational

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