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Mike Krzyzewski
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 13
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I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit.
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Don't let a single game break your heart.
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A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.
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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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You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.
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You start developing a championship attitude by, first of all, telling kids that they are really good and that they have the potential to become better.
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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.
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Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated
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It's not like we have not had close games. We've just been able to win them, and as a result, the reality sometimes doesn't set in that you're weak in certain areas or you're not doing certain things well. ... When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance.
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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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Embrace the hell out of personal responsibility.
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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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Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.
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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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The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
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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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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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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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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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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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