Mike Krzyzewski

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#beauty #become #five #me #our

Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I've always looked up to. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#always #been #i #life #looked

The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#commitment #inspired #life #me #mom

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

— Mike Krzyzewski

#different #each #get #group #know

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

— Mike Krzyzewski

#ego #egos #even #huge #individual

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. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

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Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#because #better #championships #crisis #epitome

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. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#because #each #eye #give #i

The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#eight #expectancy #life #life expectancy #months

A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#basketball team #fingers #fist #five #get