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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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Michael William Krzyzewski
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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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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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A leader may be the most knowledgeable person in the world, but if the players on his team cannot translate that knowledge into action, it means nothing.
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I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.
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Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.
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Sometimes it's not bad to hurt. Sometimes you don't want things until you get hurt. We got hurt today, let's see what we do.
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The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team.
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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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A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play.
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A team is a fist-not five fingers.
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In all forms of leadership, whether you are a coach, a CEO, or a parent, there are four words that, when said, can bring out the best in your team, your employees, and your family. I BELIEVE IN YOU. Those four words can mean the difference between a fear of failure and the courage to try.
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I try to see each new season as a new challenge because I have a new team to work with, new opponents to encounter, and often new ideas and theories to try
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I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.
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Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.
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Embrace the hell out of personal responsibility.
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I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.
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