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A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time

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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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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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During critical periods, a leader is not allowed to feel sorry for himself, to be down, to be angry, or to be weak. Leaders must beat back these emotions
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Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.
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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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Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.
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A team is a fist-not five fingers.
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If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.
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It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward
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Leadership is simple: Add value to people everyday.
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I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.
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You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.
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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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I don't think you play for other people's expectations, you know. You don't go and become a lawyer because your mother or father want you to, you don't become a coach because somebody wants you to.
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