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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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I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.
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I love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her team.
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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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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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The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.
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Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name wirtten on it.
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It's funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you'd do. It's terrific.
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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.
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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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Two are better than one if two act as one.
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Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.
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Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.
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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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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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The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.
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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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Leaders have to give time for relationships. But more demands will be placed on their time as they become more successful. So if a person's success is based on developing relationships, then they have to continually find new ways of getting it done
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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.
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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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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.
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