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With me and basketball, it became part of me.

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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As teachers and coaches, we must remember that when mere winning is our only goal, we are doomed to disappointment and failure. But when our goal is to try to win, when our focus is on preparation and sacrifice and effort instead of on numbers on a scoreboard then we will never lose.
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It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward
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There are always those times when you're going to be down. It's how you step through it that makes you the person you are.
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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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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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That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.
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You should do things because of what your expectations are of yourself.
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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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