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Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts.
Mike Krzyzewski
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Mike Krzyzewski
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 13
Basketball Coach
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Chicago
Illinois
Michael William Krzyzewski
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You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.
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In order to be a winner, you have to look for ways of getting things done and not for reasons why things can’t be done. People who live with excuses have things that can’t be done hovering around them all the time.
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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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Embrace the hell out of personal responsibility.
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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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I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.
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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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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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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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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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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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Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him
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The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team.
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I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.
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