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Mike Krzyzewski
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 13
Basketball Coach
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Chicago
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Michael William Krzyzewski
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I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit.
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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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Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name wirtten on it.
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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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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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Always get back to your core principles.
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Sometimes it's not bad to hurt. Sometimes you don't want things until you get hurt. We got hurt today, let's see what we do.
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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 always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one.
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In putting together your standards, remember that it is essential to involve your entire team. Standards are not rules issued by the boss they are a collective identity. Remember, standards are the things that you do all the time and the things for which you hold one another accountable.
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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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Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication
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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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Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory.
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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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Players' attention spans get less and less as they progress.
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Leadership is simple: Add value to people everyday.
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You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.
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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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