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You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

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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 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 worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.
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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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During critical periods, a leader is not allowed to feel sorry for himself, to be down, to be angry, or to be weak. Leaders must beat back these emotions
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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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Leaders show respect for people by giving them time.
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Embrace the hell out of personal responsibility.
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Don't let a single game break your heart.
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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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Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him
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Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.
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There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of each as a separate finger on the fist. Any one individually is important. But all of them together are unbeatable
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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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Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.
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Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.
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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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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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Pete Newell told me 'get as much information and learn as much about the game as you can, but use your own personality to teach it.'
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