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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.

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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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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If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.
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You can see and you can listen, but you have to have moments in which you feel.
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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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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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Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him
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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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Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.
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Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.
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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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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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Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory.
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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 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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My hunger is not for success, it is for excellence. Because when you attain excellence, success just naturally follows.
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I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.
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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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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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Don't let a single game break your heart.
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