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" Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting. "
Mike Krzyzewski
You
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" I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears. "
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" The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest. "
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" I hated to lose. "
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" 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. "
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" The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach. "
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" With me and basketball, it became part of me. "
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" Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need. "
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" I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts. "
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" 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. "
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" It's always an honor to be ranked high, but whatever is said about you, you take it and then take a realistic look at yourself and who you are. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance. "
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" To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless. "
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