"COACH K" .
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BASKETBALL QUOTES
Quotes from Duke's head coach, Mike Krzyzewski, "Coach K"
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“Making shots counts, but not as much as the people who make them.”
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“A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on “x’s and o’s” as compared to time spent learning about people.”
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“I don’t look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.”
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“Turning down the Lakers was tough, but it is always good to renew your vows to the loves of your life.”
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“Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.”
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“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.”
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“In our program, the truth is the basis of all that we do. There is nothing more important than the truth because there’s nothing more powerful than the truth.
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“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.”
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People set rules to keep from making decisions.”
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“There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of each as a separate finger on the fist. Any one individually is important. But all of them together are unbeatable.”
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“You develop a team to achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone. All of us alone are weaker, by far, than if all of us are together.”
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“Two are better than one if two act as one.”
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“A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.”
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“People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.”
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