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Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.

Mike Krzyzewski

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Mike Krzyzewski
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 13
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Chicago
Illinois
Michael William Krzyzewski
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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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I love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her 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 don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.
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