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By Charlie Zegers, About.com Guide to Basketball

A Tender Moment with Grandpa

Monday January 7, 2008
There's the white-haired gentleman... bouncing the toddler on his knee. Why if it wasn't for the utter contempt towards the press, you'd never recognize him as Bob Knight.

Coach Knight, coming off his 899th career victory, decided to let his grandson handle the press conference. It was cute... in a sort of twisted way... even when Knight decided to unleash his trademark venom at the reporters, via the little guy. Watch the video through to the end... at about the five-minute mark, as he's leaving the podium, Knight can be heard telling his grandson:

You did really good. You evaded every question they asked. Wasn't a thing they asked that you answered. That's the way to handle them.
Clearly, grandpa is training his protege for a career in coaching. Or, prepping him for the next presidential debate.

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