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Leadership is simple: Add value to people everyday.

Mike Krzyzewski

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Mike Krzyzewski
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 13
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Chicago
Illinois
Michael William Krzyzewski
Coach K
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First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity.
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A leader's responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.
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Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication
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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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Two are better than one if two act as one.
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Always get back to your core principles.
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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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Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated
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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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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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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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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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Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.
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You can see and you can listen, but you have to have moments in which you feel.
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That's why basketball was so good, because I didn't really need you or anyone else to play it. It would be better if we played four-on-four or five-on-five, but I could go out there alone.
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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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Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.
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When you are speaking to your team after a game, never talk about the kid who was the star of the game. Talk about what your other players did to help the team win. Be sure to spread the wealth... Then have individual meetings with one to three players to praise and reinforce. Make sure you touch them.
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Confidence shared is better than confidence only in yourself.
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As a leader you can get sidetracked but you have to complete your mission
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