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Mike Krzyzewski, born on February 13, 1947, is a renowned basketball coach. He is highly respected in the basketball community for his exceptional tactical guidance and leadership. He has been the head coach of the United States men's national basketball team, leading the team to numerous honors.

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Famous Mike Krzyzewski Quotes

“Leaders show respect for people by giving them time.”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“I believe work is good. There is dignity in work. I also believe that a hard-work ethic forges strong leaders.”

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Book:Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

Source: Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

“Visualize a wagon wheel as a complete team. A leader might be the hub of the wheel at the center. Now suppose the spokes are the connecting relationships the leader is building with people on the outer rim of the wheel. If the hub is removed, then the entire wheel collapses. In a situation like that, if a team loses the leader, the entire team collapses.”

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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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“Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.”

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Book:Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

Source: Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

“Leaders have to search for the heart on a team, because the person who has it can bring out the best in everybody else.”

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Book:Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

Source: Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

“Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“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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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

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

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Book:Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

Source: Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

“During critical periods, a leader is not allowed to feel sorry for himself, to be down, to be angry, or to be weak. Leaders must beat back these emotions”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“Leaders have to give time for relationships. But more demands will be placed on their time as they become more successful. So if a person's success is based on developing relationships, then they have to continually find new ways of getting it done”

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Book:Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

Source: Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

“The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. Not me. I don't want to be a manager or a dictator. I want to be a leader-and leadership is ongoing, adjustable, flexible, and dynamic. As such, leaders have to maintain a certain amount of discretion”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“When a leader takes responsibility for his own actions and mistakes, he not only sets a good example, he shows a healthy respect for people on his team”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“People have to be given the freedom to show the heart they possess. I think it’s a leader’s responsibility to provide that type of freedom. And I believe it can be done through relationships and family. Because if a team is a real family, it’s members want to show you their hearts.”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“Every leader needs to remember that a healthy respect for authority takes time to develop. It’s like building trust. You don’t instantly have trust, it has to be earned.”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“A leader may be the most knowledgeable person in the world, but if the players on his team cannot translate that knowledge into action, it means nothing.”

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Book:Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

Source: Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

“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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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“As a leader you can get sidetracked but you have to complete your mission”

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“A leader has to show the face his team needs to see.”

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“A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

About the Author

Born: February 13, 1947
Known for: Basketball Coach
Quotes: 168

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Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and LifeRelated source material

Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for SuccessRelated source material

Five-Point Play: Duke's Journey to the 2001 National ChampionshipRelated source material

The Gold Standard: Building a World-Class TeamRelated source material

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