Quote by Mike Krzyzewski
My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teach

My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and thats still what I do: teach. – 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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I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts. – Mike Krzyzewski

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It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boys mind from effort. – Quintilian

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It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the 50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! – Thom Gunn

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A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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Encouragement from my high school teacher Patty Hart said you need to focus and theater might be your route out of here. I created the program, went to college and graduate school and now here I am. – Jeffrey Donovan

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