Mike Krzyzewski Quotes about Basketball - Page 2

Leadership is an ever-evolving position.

The best teams are team in any sport that lose themselves in the team. The individuals lose their identity. And their identities come about as a result of being in the team first.

Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.

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

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

Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.

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

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

Footwork is one of the primary prerequisites to becoming a great player

I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one.

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.

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.

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

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

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

I love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her team.

Confidence shared is better than confidence only in yourself.

A leader's responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.

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

I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment.

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.

A team is a fist-not five fingers.

With me and basketball, it became part of me.