Mike Krzyzewski Quotes About Basketball

Quotes about: Basketball

• Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Winning, Imagination

  "Duke of the Court". The Academy of Achievemnt Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

• A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Hands

  "Duke of the Court". Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

• You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Nba

• You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Coaching, Position

• I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Passion, Player

• 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

  Basketball, Teacher, Teaching

  "Duke of the Court". Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

• Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Nba

• Play and practice like you are trying to make the team.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Practice

• To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Basketball

• People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Volleyball, Team

• Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Journey

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.52, Hachette UK

• I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Thinking, People

• If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Teamwork, Chance

• Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Nba, Leader

  "Duke of the Court". Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

• Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Winning, Play Hard

• Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Leader, Doe

• 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

  Basketball, Sports, Team

• The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Teamwork, People

• Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Practice, Nba

• Leadership is an ever-evolving position.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Evolve, Position

• I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Inspirational, Basketball, Volleyball

• Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Volleyball, Mean

• I have a rule on my team: When we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Lying

  "Duke of the Court". The Academy of Achievememnt Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

• With accomplishments comes confidence and with confidence comes belief. It has to be in that order.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Order, Accomplishment

• Don't worry about losing. Think about winning.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Winning, Thinking

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.88, Hachette UK

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