Latest Mike Krzyzewski Quotes from Interviews

Quotes about:

• Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Victory, Sometimes, Defeat

  Source: www.achievement.org

• 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.

• You should do things because of what your expectations are of yourself.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Expectations, Should

  "Sweet 16 Podium Interviews: Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith". Interview with Doug Brodess, bleacherreport.com. March 25, 2011.

• I don't think you play for other people's expectations, you know. You don't go and become a lawyer because your mother or father want you to, you don't become a coach because somebody wants you to.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Mother, Father, Thinking

  "Sweet 16 Podium Interviews: Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith". Interview with Doug Brodess, bleacherreport.com. March 25, 2011.