Quote

My mom gave me unconditional support and unfailing love. You can't get any better than that. That's why I've never been afraid to lose.

Mike Krzyzewski

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mike Krzyzewski
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 13
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Chicago
Illinois
Michael William Krzyzewski
Coach K
Michael Krzyzewski
Krzyzewski
Coach Krzyzewski
Loses
Support
Better
Unfailing
Never
Unconditional
Love
Mom
Gave
Afraid
Lose

More quotes by Mike Krzyzewski

Image
I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
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.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
A leader may be the most knowledgeable person in the world, but if the players on his team cannot translate that knowledge into action, it means nothing.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
Embrace the hell out of personal responsibility.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
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.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
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
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
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.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
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
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
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.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
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.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
It’s simply doing what you’re supposed to do as well as you can when you’re supposed to do it.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
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.
Mike Krzyzewski
Image
Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.
Mike Krzyzewski