27 Quotes By Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski, also known as Coach A, is an American Basketball coach who holds the credit for scoring the most coaching victories in the history of ‘National Collegiate Athletic Association’ (NCAA). He has also been a great coach to the ‘Blue Devils’ of the prestigious ‘Duke University,’ since 1980. Under his coaching, the ‘Blue Devils’ have won 5 national championships, ‘ACC’ regular season titles and ‘12 Final Fours.’ Mike played for Chicago’s ‘Catholic League’ in high school. He also played at the ‘United States Military Academy’ (Army) under the training of legendary Bob Knight. Additionally, Mike also led the U.S. men’s national team to gold medal victories in 2008, 2012, and 2016 ‘Olympic Games’ as well as many world championships in 2010 and 2014, respectively. Check out some of Mike Krzyzewski quotes on team, communication, basketball, NBA, practice, people, belief, loss, winning, excellence, leader, successful, etc.
If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.
At the heart of character is honesty and integrity.
Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.
Discipline is doing what you are supposed to do in the best possible manner at the time you are supposed to do it.
Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him
Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.
Courage and confidence are what decision making is all about.
Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.
Confidence shared is better than confidence only in yourself.
Communication does not always occur naturally, even among a tight-knit group of individuals. Communication must be taught and practiced in order to bring everyone together as one
Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name wirtten on it.
Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.
As a leader you can get sidetracked but you have to complete your mission
Are you going to show integrity only when someone is watching you - or are you going to show it all the time?
Always get back to your core principles.
Almost everything in leadership comes back to relationships.
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.
A team is a fist-not five fingers.
A leader's responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.
A leader may be the most knowledgeable person in the world, but if the players on his team cannot translate that knowledge into action, it means nothing.
A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time
A leader has to show the face his team needs to see.
A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.
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.
...you can't play any defense if the other team is on the foul line.
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.
