Coaching Quotes
- If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you. You haven't done much today. — Mike Krzyzewski
- Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts. — Mike Krzyzewski
- Play and practice like you are trying to make the team. — Mike Krzyzewski
- When you are speaking to your team after a game, never talk about the kid who was the star of the game. Talk about what… — Mike Krzyzewski
- I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them. — Mike Krzyzewski
- I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments. — Mike Krzyzewski
- I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural. — Mike Krzyzewski
- I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion. — Mike Krzyzewski
- Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates. — Mike Krzyzewski
- The best teams are team in any sport that lose themselves in the team. The individuals lose their identity. And their identities come about as… — Mike Krzyzewski
- The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one. — Mike Krzyzewski
- You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position. — Mike Krzyzewski
- ...you can't play any defense if the other team is on the foul line. — Mike Krzyzewski
- We travel in Duke stuff... They can have a hat, but it must be a Duke hat. — Mike Krzyzewski
- Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows. — Mike Krzyzewski
- Why do you play a game? I play a game to see how good we can be. — Mike Krzyzewski
- There's a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to have different thoughts about things; it's the ability to argue and stand up and say… — Tom Landry
- Perhaps the toughest call for a coach is weighing what is best for an individual against what is best for the team. Keeping a player… — Tom Landry
- Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be — Tom Landry
- Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard enough and it flies away. — Tommy Lasorda