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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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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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I love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her team.
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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 other thing I knew I had was a high level of competitiveness.
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As a leader you can get sidetracked but you have to complete your mission
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Players' attention spans get less and less as they progress.
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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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Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.
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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 simply doing what you’re supposed to do as well as you can when you’re supposed to do it.
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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.
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I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.
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We travel in Duke stuff... They can have a hat, but it must be a Duke hat.
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Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.
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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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That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.
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A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time
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When a leader takes responsibility for his own actions and mistakes, he not only sets a good example, he shows a healthy respect for people on his team
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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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Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.
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