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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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Michael William Krzyzewski
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It's not like we have not had close games. We've just been able to win them, and as a result, the reality sometimes doesn't set in that you're weak in certain areas or you're not doing certain things well. ... When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance.
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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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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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Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him
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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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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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Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.
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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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You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.
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The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.
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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.
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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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In developing teams, I don't believe in rules. I believe in standards. Rules don't promote teamwork, standards do
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A team is a fist-not five fingers.
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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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As a leader you can get sidetracked but you have to complete your mission
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Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication
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Don't let a single game break your heart.
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Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.
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My hunger is not for success, it is for excellence. Because when you attain excellence, success just naturally follows.
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