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" 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. "

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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. "

Mike Krzyzewski

Success

Life

Family

" It is the ultimate honor for a coach to be his country's coach. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts. "

Mike Krzyzewski

Positive

Bad

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Leadership is an ever-evolving position. "

Mike Krzyzewski

Leadership

Position

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Mike Krzyzewski

Positive

Failure

" 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. "

" 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. "

" To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless. "

Mike Krzyzewski

Selfless

Teamwork

" I always wanted to teach. "

" Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need. "