Mike Krzyzewski

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Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.

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

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Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.

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

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Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting.

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He's not unlike the other 80 guys who come and then they find out the truth.

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I always wanted to teach.

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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.

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I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.

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I hated to lose.

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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.

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I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now.

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

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I've been so fortunate in my life that my family has never been jealous of my success. They have shown true love and commitment to me by being supportive. They shared in it.

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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.

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