Mike Krzyzewski Quotes About Coaching

Quotes about: Coaching

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

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Passion, Player

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

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Coaching, Position

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

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Practice

• 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

• 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

• 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

• I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Thinking, Organization

• Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Coaching, Teammate

• I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Games, Coaching

• We travel in Duke stuff... They can have a hat, but it must be a Duke hat.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Coaching, Stuff

• Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Blow, Wind

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.173, Hachette UK

• Why do you play a game? I play a game to see how good we can be.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Games, Play

• Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Coaching, Important

• The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Coaching

• 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.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Stars, Team

• ...you can't play any defense if the other team is on the foul line.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Play

• A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent learning about people.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Volleyball

  Mike Krzyzewski, Jamie K. Spatola (2006). “Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success”, p.32, Hachette UK

• 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

  Confused, Player, Thinking

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

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