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" First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity. "

Mike Krzyzewski

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" 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. "

" You can see and you can listen, but you have to have moments in which you feel. "

" The other thing I knew I had was a high level of competitiveness. "

" Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable. "

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

" Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting. "

" That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on. "

" Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing. "

" 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. "

" Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school. "

" 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. "

" Parents can really help, but they can also really hinder the development of their youngsters. "

" When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest. "

" 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. "

" I always wanted to teach. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance. "

" Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I've always looked up to. "

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

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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. "

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

" I've been so fortunate in my life that my family has never been jealous of my success. They have shown true love and commitment to me by being supportive. They shared in it. "