274 Quotes by Mike Krzyzewski

I don’t think you play for other people’s expectations, you know. You don’t go and become a lawyer because your mother or father want you to, you don’t become a coach because somebody wants you to.

I don’t think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.

Never let a person’s weakness get in the way of their strength.

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

My parents didn’t really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish families are real big, with cousins and aunts and uncles.

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.

The thing I loved the most – and still love the most about teaching – is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.

There are always those times when you’re going to be down. It’s how you step through it that makes you the person you are.

When you first assemble a group, it’s not a team right off the bat. It’s only a collection of individuals.