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The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.

Mike Krzyzewski

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Mike Krzyzewski
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 13
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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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Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him
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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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Confidence shared is better than confidence only in yourself.
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The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.
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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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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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There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of each as a separate finger on the fist. Any one individually is important. But all of them together are unbeatable
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Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.
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Great rivalries don't have to be built on hatred. They're built on respect, on a respect for excellence.
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You can see and you can listen, but you have to have moments in which you feel.
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A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time
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It’s simply doing what you’re supposed to do as well as you can when you’re supposed to do it.
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Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.
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When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory
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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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I don't think you play for other people's expectations, you know. You don't go and become a lawyer because your mother or father want you to, you don't become a coach because somebody wants you to.
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