Knight: My Story

My only disappointment was his neglect of the reported friction between him and some of his former players (who I also admire) like Alford and Krzyzewski. I wish he would have explained or dismissed the media's fixation on these supposed grievances. Instead, he ignores it.

If you are disgusted by the deluge of recent negative stories from the sports page, then read this and be confident that at least one man requires his players study, behave, and play hard.


The MYTH, The LEGEND   December 17, 2003
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The book, Knight: My Story is an auto-biography that begins in his childhood up to Texas Tech. As good as this book is, he is very bias. The tone he uses to descibe the people he likes versus the people he doesn't like is quite noticeable. Despite this he is a creditable author because he lived the expeirence. As you read this book you will notice that Coach Knight always puts himself in a goodlight when he talks about the incidents with players and fans that have made him famous. Overall, I love Coach Knight and I love this book.


Bob Knight's Story   November 20, 2003
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Bob Knight grew up in a small town in Ohio. There he was involved in other sports besides basketball, such as football and baseball. He was a highly successful athlete in all three sports that he played. He was a starter at all three.
Although he was very good in high school, he was very average in college. He was on a very good Ohio State basketball team. He didn't get to play much, but he understood how to play better than the rest. While playing there his team won the national championship. That team came close a couple of other times, but fell a little short.
After his college career, he was a high school assistant coach for a couple of years. Then he decided to take the coaching position of the freshmen at West Point for two years. After the head coach at Army left, he got the head coaching job. While he was there, his teams were pretty successful. His main goal was to win the NIT. They got close to it, but didn't. He was the head coach there for six years.
After spending eight years at Army, he left to take the head coaching job at Indiana. While there he met some extremely successful coaches. He had to "clean up" the basketball program. He won three national championships, several Big Ten championships, the NIT, the Pan-Am games, and an Olympic gold medal. His 1976 national champion team was the last team ever to go undefeated throughout the entire season. He spent an amazing twenty-nine years as Indiana's head coach, the longest by any of the other Big Ten college coaches. He was then fired under a "zero-tolerance" policy before his thirtieth season as Indiana's head coach. He is now the new head coach at Texas Tech University.
I thought this book was outstanding. What makes it so great is that it is coming straight from Coach Knight. Anyone who is interested in sports would love this book because it isn't just about basketball. It is about an extremely successful college coach and his will to win. Whether you love him or hate him, you can't ignore his number of wins. I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone and every one who enjoys sports.


Bob Knight: My Story was a very motivation book for me!   November 7, 2003
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Bob Knight, "The General," was and still is the best all around coach you can possibly get. He is upfront with everything and lets you know what is going through his head. This book gives a life adventure with "The General" from his middle school years all the way to his first year at Texas Tech. Knight talks about every season from the good years to the bad years. When he had good years he talked about what he did well to help the team and when he had bad years he talked about how he could make it better for next year. In his books, Knight pretty much spills every coaching strategy and hint without worrying that other people will use his coaching techniques. With every mistake Knight made throughout his career, he came back to say what happen and what he thought about it. Sometimes he admits doing wrong and apologizes for it many years after it happened.
I thought that this book was awesome; it really showed what Knight was made of. If every coach reads this book it will make the college basketball scene a much better place to play and a more entertaining sport for fans to watch. It might even make high school basketball players go to college and not right into the NBA. He showed his love for both the fans and players in different ways throughout his book, making it such a well known and interesting book to read.