Mike Krzyzewski Quotes About Winning

Quotes about: Winning

• 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.

• 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

• Only the mediocre are always at their best. If your standards are low, it is easy to meet those standards every single day, every single year. But if your standard is to be the best, there will be days when you fall short of that goal. It is okay to not win every game. The only problem would be if you allow a loss or a failure to change your standards. Keep your standards intact, keep the bar set high, and continue to try your very best every day to meet those standards. If you do that, you can always be proud of the work that you do.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Fall, Loss, Winning

• 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

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

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Responsibility, Winning

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

• 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

  Basketball, Sports, Winning

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

• 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

• It's not like we have not had close games. We've just been able to win them, and as a result, the reality sometimes doesn't set in that you're weak in certain areas or you're not doing certain things well. ... When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Winning, Reality, Games

• Therefore, as a player, as a coach, even though we might have lost in a season or not won a championship, it was like a self-fulfilling prophecy that I'm going to win some time. I've never felt myself a loser.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Loss, Winning, Player

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

• I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Believe, Winning

• When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Winning, Nba

• If the only reason I coached was to win basketball games, my life would be pretty shallow

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Winning, Nba

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.208, Hachette UK

• 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

  Team, Winning, Two

  American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

• Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Sports, Passion, Winning

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

• As teachers and coaches, we must remember that when mere winning is our only goal, we are doomed to disappointment and failure. But when our goal is to try to win, when our focus is on preparation and sacrifice and effort instead of on numbers on a scoreboard then we will never lose.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Teacher, Disappointment, Wrestling

• 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

  Basketball, Winning, Games

  American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

• During the season, your team should be led with exuberance and excitement. You should live the journey. You should live it right. You should live it together. You should live it shared. You should try to make one another better. You should get on one another if somebody's not doing their part. You should hug one another when they are. You should be disappointed in a loss and exhilarated in a win. It's all about the journey.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, Loss, Winning

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2001). “Five-Point Play: Duke's Journey to the 2001 National Championship”, p.6, Hachette UK

• 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

  Basketball, Sports, Teacher

  American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

• 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

  Sports, Winning, Thinking

  American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin