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I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.
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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Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.
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