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. Mike Krzyzewski Read Quote
First of all, what happens is, when you’re good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity. Mike Krzyzewski Read Quote
I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts. Mike Krzyzewski Read Quote
I’m still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit. Mike Krzyzewski Read Quote
That’s another thing, we made up games. We didn’t have equipment. When it snowed, we would play slow motion tackle football. We would play hockey, but we wouldn’t skate. We just made things up. I loved doing that. Mike Krzyzewski Read Quote
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. Mike Krzyzewski Read Quote
Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn’t give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one. Mike Krzyzewski Read Quote
Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable. Mike Krzyzewski Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it’s a whole new team. Mike Krzyzewski Read Quote
