Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski
Michael William Krzyzewskiis an American college basketball coach and former player. Since 1980, he has served as the head men's basketball coach at Duke University. At Duke, Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to five NCAA Championships, 12 Final Fours, 12 ACC regular season titles, and 13 ACC Tournament championships. Krzyzewski is also the coach of the United States men's national basketball team, whom he led to two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 February 1947
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Mike Krzyzewski quotes about
My hunger is not for success, it is for excellence. Because when you attain excellence, success just naturally follows.
Don't worry about losing. Think about winning.
Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I've always looked up to.
Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.
To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.
Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.
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.
The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural.
Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.
Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.
Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting.
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.
During critical periods, a leader is not allowed to feel sorry for himself, to be down, to be angry, or to be weak. Leaders must beat back these emotions