Mike Krzyzewski Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Mike Krzyzewski on Wise Famous Quotes.
When you first assemble a group, it's not a team right off the bat. It's only a collection of individuals
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.
When I had troubles, I'd go out with basketball - you can do it by yourself, too. So you'd go out and shoot, and you'd fantasize.
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.
Discipline is doing what you are supposed to do in the best possible manner at the time you are supposed to do it.
Leaders have to search for the heart on a team, because the person who has it can bring out the best in everybody else.
Throughout the season, I look into my players eyes to gauge feelings, confidence levels, and to establish instant trust.
Turning down the Lakers was tough, but it is always good to renew your vows to the loves of your life.
I love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her team.
A leader's responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.
You cannot merely expect culture to be a natural occurrence; it has to be taught and made a part of your everyday routine.
There are always those times when you're going to be down. It's how you step through it that makes you the person you are.
I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.
My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.
Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.
Sometimes it's not bad to hurt. Sometimes you don't want things until you get hurt. We got hurt today, let's see what we do.
When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory
Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated
In developing teams, I don't believe in rules. I believe in standards. Rules don't promote teamwork, standards do
Pete Newell told me 'get as much information and learn as much about the game as you can, but use your own personality to teach it.'
My mom gave me unconditional support and unfailing love. You can't get any better than that. That's why I've never been afraid to lose.
You develop a team to achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone. All of us alone are weaker, by far, than if all of us are together.
Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.
If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.
Great rivalries don't have to be built on hatred. They're built on respect, on a respect for excellence.
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.
Are you going to show integrity only when someone is watching you - or are you going to show it all the time?
The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
It's funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you'd do. It's terrific.
A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.
My hunger is not for success, it is for excellence. Because when you attain excellence, success just naturally follows.