"The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions."
-Mike Krzyzewski
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"In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.“
-Mike Krzyzewski
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"My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach."
-Mike Krzyzewski
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"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."
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"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."
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"I've been so fortunate in my life that my family has never been jealous of my success. They have shown true love and commitment to me by being supportive. They shared in it."
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"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."
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"The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my information inadequate to help them to victory, or did it play no particular role in their failure to achieve victory?"
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"Failure is not fatal victory is not success."
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"Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure."
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"It really is impossible not to like him. His success was his failure."
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"Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life."
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