Mike Krzyzewski Quotes

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• In all forms of leadership, whether you are a coach, a CEO, or a parent, there are four words that, when said, can bring out the best in your team, your employees, and your family. I BELIEVE IN YOU. Those four words can mean the difference between a fear of failure and the courage to try.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, Believe, Mean

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• In order to be a winner, you have to look for ways of getting things done and not for reasons why things can’t be done. People who live with excuses have things that can’t be done hovering around them all the time.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Order, People, Hovering

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• My hunger is not for success, it is for excellence. Because when you attain excellence, success just naturally follows.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Excellence, Hunger

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• There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of each as a separate finger on the fist. Any one individually is important. But all of them together are unbeatable

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Volleyball, Team, Communication

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• 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

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• Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Practice, Nba

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• 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.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, Together, Achieve

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.59, Hachette UK

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• Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Teamwork, Volleyball, Communication

  Mike Krzyzewski, Jamie K. Spatola (2006). “Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success”, p.25, Hachette UK

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• The only way you're going to grow is to be in difficult situations.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Difficult Situations, Way, Grows

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• A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Successful, People, Leader

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• When you are passionate, you always have your destination in sight and you are not distracted by obstacles. Because you love what you are pursuing, things like rejection and setbacks will not hinder you in your pursuit. You believe that nothing can stop you!

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Believe, Sight

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• You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Nba

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• Leadership is simple: Add value to people everyday.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Simple, People, Everyday

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• Never delegate. Always empower.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Empowering, Delegates

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• Never let a person's weakness get in the way of their strength.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Weakness, Way, Persons

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• Effort is fully replenishable. There is no need to save any of it. Leave every bit you have on the playing field

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Nba, Effort

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• In developing teams, I don't believe in rules. I believe in standards. Rules don't promote teamwork, standards do

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Teamwork, Believe

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• In putting together your standards, remember that it is essential to involve your entire team. Standards are not rules issued by the boss; they are a collective identity. Remember, standards are the things that you do all the time and the things for which you hold one another accountable.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, Boss, Together

  Mike Krzyzewski (2009). “The Gold Standard: Building a World-Class Team”, p.63, Hachette UK

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• 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

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

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Victory, Sometimes, Defeat

  Source: www.achievement.org

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

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Passion, Player

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• It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Volleyball, Decision

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.92, Hachette UK

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• To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Basketball

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• 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.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Hands

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

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• The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Teacher, Teaching

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

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