Mike Krzyzewski Quotes About Team

Quotes about: Team

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Volleyball, Team, Organization

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.61, Hachette UK

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

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Nba

• In our program, the truth is the basis of all we do. There is nothing more important than the truth because there's nothing more powerful than the truth. Consequently, on our team, we always tell each other the truth. We must be honest with one another. There is no other way.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Powerful, Team, Important

• Play and practice like you are trying to make the team.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Practice

• 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

• If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Teamwork, Chance

• The best teams are team in any sport that lose themselves in the team. The individuals lose their identity. And their identities come about as a result of being in the team first.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Team

• 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

• 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

• 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.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, Mean, Player

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.73, Hachette UK

• The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Sports, Team, Years

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

• The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Coaching

• ...you can't play any defense if the other team is on the foul line.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Play

• 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

• The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Trust, Team, Successful

• I never want to lead a team that is not allowed the freedom to pursue what's in their hearts. If you want your team to be fully committed, then you'd better be fully committed

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Volleyball, Team, Heart

• I try to see each new season as a new challenge because I have a new team to work with, new opponents to encounter, and often new ideas and theories to try

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Volleyball, Team, Ideas

• When you first assemble a group, it's not a team right off the bat. It's only a collection of individuals

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Volleyball, Team, Bats

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.21, Hachette UK

• When a leader takes responsibility for his own actions and mistakes, he not only sets a good example, he shows a healthy respect for people on his team

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Volleyball, Team, Mistake

• A leader's responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Responsibility

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.134, Hachette UK

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