Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski
Michael William Krzyzewskiis an American college basketball coach and former player. Since 1980, he has served as the head men's basketball coach at Duke University. At Duke, Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to five NCAA Championships, 12 Final Fours, 12 ACC regular season titles, and 13 ACC Tournament championships. Krzyzewski is also the coach of the United States men's national basketball team, whom he led to two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 February 1947
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Don't worry about losing. Think about winning.
Talent is important. But the single most important ingredient after you get the talent is internal leadership. It's not the coaches as much as one single person or people on the team who set higher standards than that team would normally set for itself. I really believe that that's been ultimately important for us.
Play and practice like you are trying to make the team.
You should do things because of what your expectations are of yourself.
Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated
If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.
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.
Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.
I always wanted to teach.
If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.
One of the worst things anybody can do is assume. I think fools assume. If people have really got it together, they never assume anything. They believe, they work hard, and they prepare- but they don't assume.
Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication
You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.
In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved