Sports Quotes by Mike Krzyzewski

If the only reason I coached was to win basketball games, my life would be pretty shallow

— Mike Krzyzewski

Why do you play a game? I play a game to see how good we can be.

— Mike Krzyzewski

You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

— Mike Krzyzewski

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

— Mike Krzyzewski

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

— Mike Krzyzewski

Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I have a rule on my team: When we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because…

— Mike Krzyzewski

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

— Mike Krzyzewski

That's another thing, we made up games. We didn't have equipment. When it snowed, we would play slow motion tackle football. We…

— Mike Krzyzewski

A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared…

— Mike Krzyzewski

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and…

— Mike Krzyzewski

The best teams are team in any sport that lose themselves in the team. The individuals lose their identity. And their identities…

— Mike Krzyzewski

First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you…

— Mike Krzyzewski

My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city…

— Mike Krzyzewski

Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things…

— Mike Krzyzewski

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…

— Mike Krzyzewski