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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.

Mike Krzyzewski

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Mike Krzyzewski
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 13
Basketball Coach
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Chicago
Illinois
Michael William Krzyzewski
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When you are passionate, you always have your destination in sight and you are not distracted by obstacles. Because you love what you are pursuing, things like rejection and setbacks will not hinder you in your pursuit. You believe that nothing can stop you!
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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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For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.
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There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves.
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The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.
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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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Almost everything in leadership comes back to relationships.
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Don't let a single game break your heart.
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Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one.
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If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.
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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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It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward
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A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time
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The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.
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Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.
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I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.
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Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.
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Players' attention spans get less and less as they progress.
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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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It's funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you'd do. It's terrific.
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