Subject: RE: Video Request: Bobby Knight on NPR
From: "Polson, Jonathan" <[email-masked]>
To: "Oslund, Joseph" <[email-masked]>, Research_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:31:50 -0700

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From: Oslund, Joseph
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To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Bobby Knight on NPR

4/30/16 on Weekend Edition Saturday, interviewed by Scott Simon

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/30/476272511/former-indiana-basketball-coach-bobby-knight-on-trump-best-person-for-the-job

Bobby Knight: "What The Hell Do I Know About Domestic Issues? That's For Somebody A Lot Smarter Than I Am." SIMON: "What about domestic issues?" KNIGHT: "What the hell do I know anything about domestic issues? That's for somebody a lot smarter than I am. And you got to understand that I'm just talking about a guy that I think and all those things that need to be done, like domestic issues and whatever, here's my choice of the guy to do it. It's just that simple." [Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, 4/30/16<http://www.npr.org/2016/04/30/476272511/former-indiana-basketball-coach-bobby-knight-on-trump-best-person-for-the-job?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social>]

Asked If He Thought Trump Could Unify The Country, Bobby Knight Said "How The Hell Would I Know That? ... I'm Not Going To Talk And Say He Should Do This, He Should - That's Not My Responsibility. I'm Not Qualified." SIMON: "Can he unify the United States?" KNIGHT: "How the hell would I know that? Do you know that? Do you think you could? Do you think I could? I just think that here is my choice. I'm not going to talk and say he should do this, he should - that's not my responsibility. I'm not qualified." [Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, 4/30/16<http://www.npr.org/2016/04/30/476272511/former-indiana-basketball-coach-bobby-knight-on-trump-best-person-for-the-job?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social>]

Asked Why He Spoke Out And Endorsed Trump, Bobby Knight Said It Was Because People Had Asked, "Coach, How Do You Feel About This Or That Or Whatever? And I'm The History And Government Major. I Like History." SIMON: "What made you decide to get involved or to speak out now?" KNIGHT: "Well, because I - people have (unintelligible) asked me what I thought. Coach, how do you feel about this or that or whatever? And I'm the history and government major. I like history. I have never been a Republican or a Democrat. I don't care. I - what I want is the best person for the job. If it's a man or a woman, it's just the best person that I'd like to see get the job." [Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, 4/30/16<http://www.npr.org/2016/04/30/476272511/former-indiana-basketball-coach-bobby-knight-on-trump-best-person-for-the-job?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social>]

Asked What The One Or Two Issues That Concerned Him, Bobby Knight Said "I Think In A Trump Administration There Would Never, Ever Be A Benghazi Situation Develop." SIMON: "What are the top one or two issues that concern you most about the United States?" KNIGHT: "First of all, I think in a Trump administration there would never, ever be a Benghazi situation develop. I think we don't have the kind of situation between the White House and in military people that we should have. I think all of those things would be changed under Donald Trump." [Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, 4/30/16<http://www.npr.org/2016/04/30/476272511/former-indiana-basketball-coach-bobby-knight-on-trump-best-person-for-the-job?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social>]

Bobby Knight Would Not Say Whether He Thought Trump Had The Right Temperament To Be President. SIMON: "Well, let me ask you, as I don't have to tell you, some - the best basketball players don't always turn out to be the best coaches. A different set of skills sometimes. So does Mr. Trump have the temperament, the executive profile, to be an effective president or..." KNIGHT: "Well, I'm not - I'm not sure what that temperament is. I think we're getting way off - way off the mark here. I think what Mr. Trump has is this - he has experiences. He has put more things together in businesses around the United States, around the world. And he's had some things that didn't go exactly right. He's been able to find a way to resurrect those things. He's been able to make some changes." [Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, 4/30/16<http://www.npr.org/2016/04/30/476272511/former-indiana-basketball-coach-bobby-knight-on-trump-best-person-for-the-job?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social>]