Bobby Knight person
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“Because Bobby Knight started his career at West Point. And he spent five years there before he moved to Indiana University. And he went, he knew all of, by the time I came around, he, it had been a long time. And most of the people that he …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Prelude to Terror chapter 27 @ 1:57:02
Bobby Knight member_of
Indiana University guest_asserted
“Because Bobby Knight started his career at West Point. And he spent five years there before he moved to Indiana University. And he went, he knew all of, by the time I came around, he, it had been a long time. And most of the people that he …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Prelude to Terror chapter 27 @ 1:57:02
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▶ 1:56:34
Basketball was my sport growing up. I'm a fanatic. I've met Bobby Knight a few times. A little bit of a hothead, but I like competitive people. So my dad in his office had his favorite picture of me of all times was not me getting promoted,…
▶ 1:57:02
Because Bobby Knight started his career at West Point. And he spent five years there before he moved to Indiana University. And he went, he knew all of, by the time I came around, he, it had been a long time. And most of the people that he …
▶ 1:57:30
The Army had ROTC there and the Air Force had ROTC at Indiana University in Bloomington. And every semester, Bobby Knight came to what was referred to as a one hour a week leadership lab. And he would sit down and talk with us and he would …
▶ 1:57:59
Our ROTC detachments also ushered all of the home basketball games to make money for our banquets and stuff like that. And so there was a very close relationship with the ROTC detachments there and Bobby Knight at Indiana University, at lea…
▶ 2:05:54
I have my reason why, and I'm not going to say it because I want to keep my account. But the Basketball Hall of Fame is in Indiana. And when I resigned from Nike and drove across the country, we stopped there. I had to because I definitely …
▶ 2:06:22
He recruited him, but he was a ball hog. And Bobby Knight's basketball style is you play as a team. There's not going to be any ball hog from his team. And he kept trying to work with Larry Bird. And Larry Bird was like, no, I'm the star. A…
▶ 2:07:03
No one played at his caliber either. And for him, it would have been like dumbing down his game. And he just was not going to do that. And he basically seen and Bobby Knight said this basically single handedly beat Bobby Knight's team. And …
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And if it meant losing the talent, he would lose the talent. He is not changing his leadership style and neither should any of us. And that was his lesson for all of us going on to be officers is you don't change your leadership style becau…
▶ 2:08:02
Bobby Knight is as big a legend as Larry Bird in that space. And they both have their own unique things. But it is a funny story. That is. That really is. When you said that, I'm like, he is like the ultimate team player. And he's the most …
▶ 2:08:26
how he changed this game, apparently. That was my hero growing up. And I think, and Bobby Knight said, they maintained a relationship through that whole time. So I think as Larry Bird, and obviously even at IU, where there was extremely tal…