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Everybody wants to take respon...

Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

In high school, in sport, I ha...

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 184 quotes

Even though we want huge indiv...

Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

There are kids don't want to d...

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.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

It's always an honor to be ran...

It's always an honor to be ranked high, but whatever is said about you, you take it and then take a realistic look at yourself and who you are.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

The life expectancy of a team ...

The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

My ambition in high school was...

My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

The other thing I knew I had w...

The other thing I knew I had was a high level of competitiveness.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

Actually, the Kentucky moment ...

Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

Basketball was not my main spo...

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

Fun is to experience things yo...

Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

I had a really bad temper, whe...

I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

When I was in sixth grade, I w...

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

I'm still not a great reader, ...

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 184 quotes

When I was growing up, there w...

When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

When I went to high school, an...

When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

I always won in my imagination...

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.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

I've tried to handle winning w...

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 184 quotes

If you win a National Champion...

If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

My parents didn't really under...

My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish families are real big, with cousins and aunts and uncles.

Mike Krzyzewski 184 quotes

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