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Mike Krzyzewski
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 13
Basketball Coach
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Michael William Krzyzewski
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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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The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.
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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.
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A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play.
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Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.
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Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts.
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For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.
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When you are passionate, you always have your destination in sight and you are not distracted by obstacles. Because you love what you are pursuing, things like rejection and setbacks will not hinder you in your pursuit. You believe that nothing can stop you!
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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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Leadership is simple: Add value to people everyday.
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A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.
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I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.
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Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.
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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 I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.
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A leader may be the most knowledgeable person in the world, but if the players on his team cannot translate that knowledge into action, it means nothing.
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Don't let a single game break your heart.
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Players' attention spans get less and less as they progress.
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A leader's responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.
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Every leader needs to remember that a healthy respect for authority takes time to develop. It’s like building trust. You don’t instantly have trust, it has to be earned.
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