| Knight: My Story Contributor(s): Knight, Bob (Author), Hammel, Bob (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312311176 ISBN-13: 9780312311179 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: In this riveting memoir--now in paperback with an all-new update--Coach Bobby Knight talks about his extraordinary basketball career, addressing both the public triumphs and the highly publicized controversies, often providing his side of the story for the first time. 16-page color photo insert. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Sports & Recreation | Basketball |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003270270 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.35 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Few people in sports have had more books written about them. This is the first by Bob Knight---one of the most literate, candid, quoted, and outspoken men in American public life telling in this first-person account of his full, rich life. Much of that life has been in basketball, most of it because of basketball, but it also has brought him forward as a coach, who has proved academic responsibility and production of championship college athletic teams not only can coexist but should. His excitement as things start anew for him at Texas Tech is matched here by his characteristic frankness and remarkable recollection of a life he clearly has enjoyed. His Indiana teams also won NCAA titles in 1980--81 and 1986--87. The 1975--76 Indiana team was the last unbeaten team in college men's basketball. Knight's career includes six seasons as head coach at Army, where his teams won 102 games and lost 50. He is the only coach whose teams won championships in the NCAA tournament, the National Invitation Tournament, the Olympic Games, and the Pan American Games. During all that he has been at the heart of more controversies while running a winning and squeaky-clean program than any coach of any sport anytime or anywhere. His excitement as things start anew for him is matched here by his candor and remarkable recollection of a life he clearly has enjoyed. You'll see why, with story after story---some delightful, some hilarious, some poignant, none of them dull: the story of Bob Knight's life. |