Robert Montgomery “Bob” Knight (b.1940) is a retired American basketball coach. Nicknamed “The General,” Knight won 902 NCAA Division I men’s college basketball games, most all-time at the time of his retirement and currently third all-time behind his former player, Mike Krzyzewski of Duke and Jim Boeheim of Syracuse. He is best known as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers from 1971–2000. He also coached at Texas Tech and at Army.
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Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
—Bob Knight
All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
—Bob Knight
You don’t play against opponents. You play against the game of basketball.
—Bob Knight
The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare.
—Bob Knight
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
—Bob Knight
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