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Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “In our program, the truth is the basis of all we do. There is nothing more important than the truth because there’s nothing more powerful than the truth. Consequently, on our team, we always tell each other the truth. We must be honest with one another. There is no other way.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “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.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “The best teams are team in any sport that lose themselves in the team. The individuals lose their identity. And their identities come about as a result of being in the team first.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Leadership is simple: Add value to people everyday.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Good sound habits are more important than rules – use concepts.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Embrace the hell out of personal responsibility.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “People have to be given the freedom to show the heart they possess. I think it’s a leader’s responsibility to provide that type of freedom. And I believe it can be done through relationships and family. Because if a team is a real family, it’s members want to show you their hearts.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Never let a person’s weakness get in the way of their strength.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “The only way you’re going to grow is to be in difficult situations.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “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 Quote: “You should do things because of what your expectations are of yourself.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “One of the worst things anybody can do is assume. I think fools assume. If people have really got it together, they never assume anything. They believe, they work hard, and they prepare- but they don’t assume.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Don’t worry about losing. Think about winning.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “With accomplishments comes confidence and with confidence comes belief. It has to be in that order.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Making shots counts, but not as much as the people who make them.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “I don’t look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Every leader needs to remember that a healthy respect for authority takes time to develop. It’s like building trust. You don’t instantly have trust, it has to be earned.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “During critical periods, a leader is not allowed to feel sorry for himself, to be down, to be angry, or to be weak. Leaders must beat back these emotions.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Leaders have to give time for relationships. But more demands will be placed on their time as they become more successful. So if a person’s success is based on developing relationships, then they have to continually find new ways of getting it done.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “I never want to lead a team that is not allowed the freedom to pursue what’s in their hearts. If you want your team to be fully committed, then you’d better be fully committed.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “You start developing a championship attitude by, first of all, telling kids that they are really good and that they have the potential to become better.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “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.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there’s always a later.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment’s notice, they probably will fail in the long run.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “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.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Pete Newell told me ‘get as much information and learn as much about the game as you can, but use your own personality to teach it.’”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “I think you’re not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “I’ve tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we’ll win again, but I’ve also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Don’t do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It’s a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we’re losing a little bit of that right now.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “As a leader you can get sidetracked but you have to complete your mission.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “A leader’s responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.”
Mike Krzyzewski Quote: “Turning down the Lakers was tough, but it is always good to renew your vows to the loves of your life.”
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