Isiah Thomas says they didn't run any plays at Indiana because they were the most connected team, and the quality he appreciates most about Bob Knight is that Knight had the courage to coach him “The thing that I loved about Coach Knight… Now that I’m older… Is that he had the courage to coach me. He had the courage…To have confrontation with me.” “He had the courage… To make me do right… When I wanted to be wrong.” “He didn’t let me slide. He didn’t let me get by. It would have been easier for him to do that… Because I was pretty good at the time.” “He would tell me, you’ve got to go to class. If you don’t go to class… You can’t come to practice.” “In terms of freedom, we had no plays at Indiana. We didn't have an out of bounds play. We weren't coming down calling a play. It was like, you've got to get to know your teammate. And once you know your teammate, then you'll know if he's going left or right.” “That was the way Bob Knight made you think and play... He always said it's a thinking man's game. Mental is to physical as 4 is to 1.”