“The key is not the will to win… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.”

—  Bobby Knight

Knight: My Story http://www.campofchamps.com/book_of_the_month_knight.htm, Chapter: Cornerstone and Credos. By Bobby Knight and Bob Hammel, 2002. Thomas Dunne Books; 1st edition (March 26, 2002) ISBN: 978-0312282578.

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