Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Krzyzewski

I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.

Mike Krzyzewski

Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.

Mike Krzyzewski

Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.

Mike Krzyzewski

Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team

Mike Krzyzewski

I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural.

Mike Krzyzewski

Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.

Mike Krzyzewski

Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.

Mike Krzyzewski

Don't worry about losing. Think about winning.

Mike Krzyzewski

Play and practice like you are trying to make the team.

Mike Krzyzewski

If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.

Mike Krzyzewski

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.

Mike Krzyzewski

Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.

Mike Krzyzewski

I always wanted to teach.

Mike Krzyzewski

If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.

Mike Krzyzewski

You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

Mike Krzyzewski

With accomplishments comes confidence and with confidence comes belief. It has to be in that order.

Mike Krzyzewski

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.

Mike Krzyzewski

Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.

Mike Krzyzewski

I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.

Mike Krzyzewski

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.

Mike Krzyzewski

I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.

Mike Krzyzewski

When you are passionate, you always have your destination in sight and you are not distracted by obstacles. Because you love what you are pursuing, things like rejection and setbacks will not hinder you in your pursuit. You believe that nothing can stop you!

Mike Krzyzewski

You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

Mike Krzyzewski

Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.

Paul Walker

I need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I am challenged. It is like playing sports - surfing, basketball, it doesn't matter what it is, if you play with people who are better than you, then you get better too. It is the same thing with acting.

Peja Stojakovic

The basketball skills I have, I've got because I work hard. When you work hard, I think you don't have to be afraid of anything.

Pele

Great genetics are not necessarily a precursor for success in the game. Brazilian Legend Pelé has often said that soccer stars are not born. Without proper soccer training a player will never reach his full potential. It is true that great speed would benefit someone who plays as a winger but would not be as useful for a goalkeeper. The greatest advantage of soccer is that it is not as discriminating as basketball or volleyball. There are no limitations when it comes to physique and it all comes down to individual soccer skills.

Pete Newell

Regard your team as a family. Give the same attention to the bottom guy as you do the top guy. You have a responsibility to all of your players.

Pete Maravich

I played six to 10 hours a day, every day, 90 days during the summer, and I'd do incredible things. I would dribble blindfolded in the house. I would take my basketball to bed with me, I'd lay there after my mother kissed and tucked me in, and I'd shoot the ball up in the air and say, 'Finger tip control, backspin, follow through.

Pete Maravich

My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career.

Pete Maravich

It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.

Pete Maravich

If I have a choice whether to do the show or throw a straight pass, and we're going to get the basket either way, I'm going to do the show.

Pete Maravich

I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.