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Mike Krzyzewski Quotes

Mike Krzyzewski quotes about sports

American Coach February 13, 1947

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Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it. Mike Krzyzewski
My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish families are real big, with cousins and aunts and uncles. Mike Krzyzewski
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. Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski quote: "I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped..."
I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts. Mike Krzyzewski
I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport. Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski quote: "To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have..."
To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless. Mike Krzyzewski
First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity. Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski quote: "Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the..."
Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school. Mike Krzyzewski

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