Mike Krzyzewski quotes - page 2

With me and basketball, it became part of me. (Mike Krzyzewski)
First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity. View quote
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Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it. View quote
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I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts. View quote
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When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest. View quote
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The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed. View quote
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The other thing I knew I had was a high level of competitiveness. View quote
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I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears. View quote
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I'm fortunate now that I coach at Duke University and we've won a lot. I have some kids who haven't failed that much. But when they get to college, they're going to fail some time. That's a thing that I can help them the most with. View quote
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The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team. View quote
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I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport. (Mike Krzyzewski)
I've been so fortunate in my life that my family has never been jealous of my success. They have shown true love and commitment to me by being supportive. They shared in it. View quote
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I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now. View quote
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Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one. View quote
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When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football. View quote
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There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsobility, caring and pride. I like to think of each as separate finger on the fist. View quote
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You can´t just tell people what to do and then expect them to perform well. View quote
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The freedom to grow personally, the freedom to make mistakes and learn from them, the freedom to work hard and the freedom to be yourself - these four freedoms should be guaranteed by every leader in every organization. View quote
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Two are better than one if two act as one. If you believe that two acting as one are better than one, just imagine what an entire team acting as one can do. View quote
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Too many rules and too much predictability absolutely kill creativity. View quote
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Too many rules get in the way of leadership. They just put you in a box. People set rules to keep from making decisions. (Mike Krzyzewski)
Leadership is an ever-evolving position. View quote
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Imagination has a great deal to do with winning. View quote
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Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting. View quote
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You can see and you can listen, but you have to have moments in which you feel. View quote
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