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Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him

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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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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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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 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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I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.
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You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.
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In our program, the truth is the basis of all we do. There is nothing more important than the truth because there's nothing more powerful than the truth. Consequently, on our team, we always tell each other the truth. We must be honest with one another. There is no other way.
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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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Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.
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It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward
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I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural.
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A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.
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Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication
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My mom gave me unconditional support and unfailing love. You can't get any better than that. That's why I've never been afraid to lose.
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If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.
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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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I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.
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