Mike Krzyzewski Quotes About Coaches

Quotes about: Coaches

• Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Nba

• People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Volleyball, Team

• Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Journey

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.52, Hachette UK

• Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Nba, Leader

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

• The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Teamwork, People

• I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Inspirational, Basketball, Volleyball

• Talent is important. But the single most important ingredient after you get the talent is internal leadership. It's not the coaches as much as one single person or people on the team who set higher standards than that team would normally set for itself. I really believe that that's been ultimately important for us.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Leadership, Team, Believe

• I have a rule on my team: When we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Lying

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

• 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

• 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

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Volleyball, Communication, Order

• 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'm fortunate now that I coach at Duke University and we've won a lot. I have some kids who haven't failed that much. But when they get to college, they're going to fail some time. That's a thing that I can help them the most with.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Kids, College

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

• A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent learning about people.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Volleyball

  Mike Krzyzewski, Jamie K. Spatola (2006). “Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success”, p.32, Hachette UK

• In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Positive, Basketball, Sports

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

• My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Teacher, Teaching, Ambition

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

• 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.

• For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Player

  "Duke of the Court". The Academy of Achievement 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 love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her team.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Exercise

• It is the ultimate honor for a coach to be his country's coach.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Country, Honor, Coaches

• I didn't miss any games, but Coach Knight came out and spent three days with my family in Chicago when my dad passed away. I came back and played and it was good therapy for me. Having a basketball family and a coach who understood and actually became like a father figure for that time was comforting to me, and I'm sure that will be comforting to Coleman.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Dad, Father

• 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.

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