Mike Krzyzewski

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#basketball #concentrate #doing #games #great

When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#baseball #city #football #growing #growing up

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#grade #i #priest #sixth #wanted

When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#catholic school #down #first #first time #football

When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#poor #sometimes #win #you

With me and basketball, it became part of me. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#became #me #part