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Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski
American Coach
Born: Feb 13, 1947
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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
Me You Beauty Become Our Sport Selfless Five Where Acting Teamwork
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
Love Teacher You Group See About Exceed Individual Most Limits Still Loved Teaching Connect Thing
The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed. Mike Krzyzewski
Life Mom Me Commitment Inspired Sacrificed She Because Person Taught Who Whole
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
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I always wanted to teach. Mike Krzyzewski
Always Wanted Teach
When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down. Mike Krzyzewski
Time School First Down Out High Tried High School Football Knocked Make Catholic Catholic School First Time
With me and basketball, it became part of me. Mike Krzyzewski
Me Part Became Basketball
My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish families are real big, with cousins and aunts and uncles. Mike Krzyzewski
Time Too Much Parents Big Community Too City About Uncles Sport Polish Understand Real Cousins Were Aunts Chicago Bunch Families Much Really Youngest Inner Inner City
Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it. Mike Krzyzewski
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When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest. Mike Krzyzewski
Become Priest Grade Sixth Wanted
I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit. Mike Krzyzewski
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Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I've always looked up to. Mike Krzyzewski
Life Mom My Life Has-Been Throughout Looked Always Been Up Person
I hated to lose. Mike Krzyzewski
Lose Hated
That's another thing, we made up games. We didn't have equipment. When it snowed, we would play slow motion tackle football. We would play hockey, but we wouldn't skate. We just made things up. I loved doing that. Mike Krzyzewski
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I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now. Mike Krzyzewski
Teacher Failure Losing Parents Think Final Bit Would Some More Part Failing Like Look Process Little Little Bit Youngster Used Connect Now Right Thing
Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one. Mike Krzyzewski
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There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves. Mike Krzyzewski
Time Looking Stupid Peers Kids Something Instead Protecting Make Sure Because Always Trying Afraid Want Themselves Extend Extending Start
If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win. Mike Krzyzewski
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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. Mike Krzyzewski
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When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance. Mike Krzyzewski
You Win Sometimes Performance Poor
You can see and you can listen, but you have to have moments in which you feel. Mike Krzyzewski
You See Feel Listen Which Moments
Parents can really help, but they can also really hinder the development of their youngsters. Mike Krzyzewski
Parents Development Also Hinder Really Youngsters Help
I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts. Mike Krzyzewski
Positive Me Channel Bad Temper More Had Sport Up Really Helped Growing Growing Up Acts
The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. Mike Krzyzewski
Truth Truth Is People Rules Making Making Decisions Decisions Many Keep Set
When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football. Mike Krzyzewski
Time Parents Kids Out City Take Football Leagues Were Up Any Little Worked Baseball Growing Growing Up Play Play Baseball

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