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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. "
Mike Krzyzewski
Positive
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Me
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest. "
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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. "
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" I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one. "
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Free
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" I always wanted to teach. "
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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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Looking
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" Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing. "
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Responsibility
" Imagination has a great deal to do with winning. "
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Winning
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" Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I've always looked up to. "
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My Life
Person
Always
" I hated to lose. "
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Hated
Lose
" 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. "
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Identity
First
Good
" I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears. "
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Doubts
Human
You
" 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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" 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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Time
Football
High School
" 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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You
People
Think
" 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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" 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. "
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Basketball
" The other thing I knew I had was a high level of competitiveness. "
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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'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. "
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Help
" 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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" Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting. "
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Things
" 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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Doing
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Teach
" Parents can really help, but they can also really hinder the development of their youngsters. "
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" It is the ultimate honor for a coach to be his country's coach. "
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