Mike Krzyzewski Player Quotations

I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.

A leader may be the most knowledgeable person in the world, but if the players on his team cannot translate that knowledge into action, it means nothing.

Footwork is one of the primary prerequisites to becoming a great player

For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You've achieved, you've got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in '88, '89 and '90.

Throughout the season, I look into my players eyes to gauge feelings, confidence levels, and to establish instant trust.

Players' attention spans get less and less as they progress.

Therefore, as a player, as a coach, even though we might have lost in a season or not won a championship, it was like a self-fulfilling prophecy that I'm going to win some time. I've never felt myself a loser.

I think coaching is confused at times as being an arrow that only goes to a player. Those players send arrows back to you, and that's where a relationship is developed. I don't make a player, and a player doesn't make me a coach. We make each other.