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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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Illinois
Michael William Krzyzewski
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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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In putting together your standards, remember that it is essential to involve your entire team. Standards are not rules issued by the boss they are a collective identity. Remember, standards are the things that you do all the time and the things for which you hold one another accountable.
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Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.
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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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If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.
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Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.
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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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Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.
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Embrace the hell out of personal responsibility.
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The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.
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Every leader needs to remember that a healthy respect for authority takes time to develop. It’s like building trust. You don’t instantly have trust, it has to be earned.
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I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.
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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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Players' attention spans get less and less as they progress.
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Leadership is simple: Add value to people everyday.
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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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Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated
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I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.
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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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