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Mike Krzyzewski Inspirational Quotes (100)

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Mutual commitment helps overcome the fear of failure—especially when people are part of a team sharing and achieving goals. It also sets the stage for open dialogue and honest conversation.
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Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name wirtten on it.
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The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.
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I think coaching is confused at times as being an arrow that only goes to a player. Those players send arrows back to you, and that’s where a relationship is developed. I don’t make a player, and a player doesn’t make me a coach. We make each other.
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I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.
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In putting together your standards, remember that it is essential to involve your entire team. Standards are not rules issued by the boss they are a collective identity. Remember, standards are the things that you do all the time and the things for which you hold one another accountable.
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Pete Newell told me 'get as much information and learn as much about the game as you can, but use your own personality to teach it.'
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Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.
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Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory.
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There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of each as a separate finger on the fist. Any one individually is important. But all of them together are unbeatable
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Sometimes it's not bad to hurt. Sometimes you don't want things until you get hurt. We got hurt today, let's see what we do.
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There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves.
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When a leader takes responsibility for his own actions and mistakes, he not only sets a good example, he shows a healthy respect for people on his team
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If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.
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When you are speaking to your team after a game, never talk about the kid who was the star of the game. Talk about what your other players did to help the team win. Be sure to spread the wealth... Then have individual meetings with one to three players to praise and reinforce. Make sure you touch them.
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The other thing I knew I had was a high level of competitiveness.
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In developing teams, I don't believe in rules. I believe in standards. Rules don't promote teamwork, standards do
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When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory
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There are always those times when you're going to be down. It's how you step through it that makes you the person you are.
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Two are better than one if two act as one.
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Don't let a single game break your heart.
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I have a rule on my team: When we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.
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When I had troubles, I'd go out - with basketball, you can do it by yourself, too. So you'd go out and shoot, and you'd fantasize.
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Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.
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