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I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit.

Mike Krzyzewski

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Mike Krzyzewski
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 13
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Michael William Krzyzewski
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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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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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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 don't think you play for other people's expectations, you know. You don't go and become a lawyer because your mother or father want you to, you don't become a coach because somebody wants you to.
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I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one.
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It’s simply doing what you’re supposed to do as well as you can when you’re supposed to do it.
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A team is a fist-not five fingers.
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