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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. "
Mike Krzyzewski
Ambition
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" When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest. "
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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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" The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. "
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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 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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" 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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" The other thing I knew I had was a high level of competitiveness. "
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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. "
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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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" With me and basketball, it became part of me. "
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" When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance. "
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" You can see and you can listen, but you have to have moments in which you feel. "
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" I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport. "
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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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" 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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