Dave Dameshek

And that week later, I called up and I got the assistant who then became famous or infamous later on for having a plant thrown at her head by the aforementioned night in the office.

I called her and she said, yeah, Coach Knight will see you on the floor next Wednesday at blank time.

And I was like, what?

She said, yeah, Coach Knight will meet you there.

He'll finish up practice, and then you guys can have your conversation.

And so then I was racked with nerves for the next several days, and then I went over there, and I brought a camera with me, obviously, to capture it on video.

I had a shooter with me, and...

We went out there, and this is in the age of Calbert Chaney and Greg Graham and Alan Henderson and all of those guys, a would-be legendary team that came up just short in the Final Four against Duke.

They're all around.

They're shooting their free throws to wrap up practice.

And right in the middle of the floor comes Bob Knight, 6'4", 6'5", as he approached me with that gait that he had there, almost like John Wayne as he came over to me.

He was half man, half eagle.

And he said, what's with this camera?

You didn't mention anything about a camera.

And I was like, well, I want to capture it on video.

Obviously, this will help me get a job in the future.

So he was already put off by the interview.

I asked him a question.

I asked him another question.

And then he said, let me stop you here.