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Mike Krzyzewski

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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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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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I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.
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I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.
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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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With me and basketball, it became part of me.
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Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting.
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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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The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
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Almost everything in leadership comes back to relationships.
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If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.
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Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.
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I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.
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The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.
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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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Mutual commitment helps overcome the fear of failure—especially when people are part of a team sharing and achieving goals. It also sets the stage for open dialogue and honest conversation.
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Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name wirtten on it.
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Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.
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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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Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication
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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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