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It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward

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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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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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A leader's responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.
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We travel in Duke stuff... They can have a hat, but it must be a Duke hat.
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If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.
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I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one.
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