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
Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts.
We travel in Duke stuff... They can have a hat, but it must be a Duke hat.
I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.
The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.
The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.
Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.
Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.
You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.
We weren't ever a dominant team. We knew that. So things had to go right for us to win.
I've always said that you want to end the season where you're cutting down the nets or you're crying in your locker room. And our kids were all crying in our locker room.
We were never a dominant team. We knew that, and things would have to go right for us to win.
Usually when you play bad, somebody makes you look bad and we didn't respond very well.
I don't feel like crying, I feel happy. Not that we lost, but I feel happy that I've had them. I mean how lucky. We have been really fortunate with this group, these seniors, to have four years like that.