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
If the only reason I coached was to win basketball games, my life would be pretty shallow
Footwork is one of the primary prerequisites to becoming a great player
There are always those times when you're going to be down. It's how you step through it that makes you the person you are.
Almost everything in leadership comes back to relationships.
A team is a fist-not five fingers.
Great rivalries don't have to be built on hatred. They're built on respect, on a respect for excellence.
As a leader you can get sidetracked but you have to complete your mission
Making shots counts, but not as much as the people who make them.
It is the ultimate honor for a coach to be his country's coach.
I try to see each new season as a new challenge because I have a new team to work with, new opponents to encounter, and often new ideas and theories to try
I didn't miss any games, but Coach Knight came out and spent three days with my family in Chicago when my dad passed away. I came back and played and it was good therapy for me. Having a basketball family and a coach who understood and actually became like a father figure for that time was comforting to me, and I'm sure that will be comforting to Coleman.
You have to work hard at staying in contact with your friends so that the relationships will continue and live on... Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.
When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory
I was very pleased with the entire selection process. The manner in which it was conducted included all parts of United States' basketball, from the professional level to the colleges and high schools. Everyone was considered.