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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. "

Mike Krzyzewski

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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. "

" 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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" The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" With me and basketball, it became part of me. "

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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. "

" 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. "

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

" Imagination has a great deal to do with winning. "

" 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. "

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

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