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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To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless. – Mike Krzyzewski

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The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed. – Mike Krzyzewski

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A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation. – Howard Crosby

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A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter. – Wallace Stegner

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It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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