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There are always those times when you're going to be down. It's how you step through it that makes you the person you are.

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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Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name wirtten on it.
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The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
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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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Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.
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Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication
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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'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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A team is a fist-not five fingers.
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In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.
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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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A leader's responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.
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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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Almost everything in leadership comes back to relationships.
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