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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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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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Two are better than one if two act as one.
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Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting.
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In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.
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The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.
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The other thing I knew I had was a high level of competitiveness.
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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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As a leader you can get sidetracked but you have to complete your mission
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The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.
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Are you going to show integrity only when someone is watching you - or are you going to show it all the time?
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Don't let a single game break your heart.
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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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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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Talent is important. But the single most important ingredient after you get the talent is internal leadership. It's not the coaches as much as one single person or people on the team who set higher standards than that team would normally set for itself. I really believe that that's been ultimately important for us.
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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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In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved
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When a leader takes responsibility for his own actions and mistakes, he not only sets a good example, he shows a healthy respect for people on his team
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A team is a fist-not five fingers.
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The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.
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Leaders have to give time for relationships. But more demands will be placed on their time as they become more successful. So if a person's success is based on developing relationships, then they have to continually find new ways of getting it done
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