Mike Krzyzewski Quotes on Time (19 Quotes)

It's his time. He's 27 years old now. He should try to assume a position of leadership in the team. I would think he's very hungry to do this. I see him fitting in very, very well.

We're fresher than we were last year. We're better than we were last year at this time.

I didn't miss any games, but Coach (Bobby) Knight came out and spent three days with my family in Chicago when my dad passed away. I came back and played and it was good therapy for me. Having a basketball family and a coach who understood and actually became like a father figure for that time was comforting to me, and I'm sure that will be comforting to Coleman.

First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity.

I'm fortunate now that I coach at Duke University and we've won a lot. I have some kids who haven't failed that much. But when they get to college, they're going to fail some time. That's a thing that I can help them the most with.

I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit.

When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football.

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.

He's off the charts with focus. Nobody has had more or has done it better here. Some kids have done it equally. Of all time, this kid's a treasure.

Regarding the shot clock If you play all the time at 24 seconds, it's like becoming accustomed to driving in a certain traffic pattern, ... Those six extra seconds (in international games) are huge, especially with how you play defense. ... You have to develop a team that will play 30 seconds of defense each time.

He played his heart out. Don't get me wrong. . . .At that time, you've got to find him.

When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down.

We went to like a match-up zone to stop their penetration. That's the first time we've played that for that extended amount of time. We played it for about 10 minutes -- that's 10 minutes more than we've played it most seasons.

There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves.

At the end of the year we had a down time. Now we're energized.

Its his time. Hes 27 years old. He should try to assume a position of leadership on the team. I would think hes very hungry to do this.

He was at such a level that some time you have to come down a little bit. He's come down further probably than I anticipated, but with this little break, he'll be back. Maybe not at that level, because he was kind of at a crazy level. But he'll be fine.

I don't think you should have the drug test if you have the late game, you should have them some other time. I'm not sure you should have the typical press conference either.

Although we have lost games, they have always represented me, our program, our school and themselves in the best possible manner. I'm proud of them. I'm disappointed that we can't go on, but you don't win all the time. You lose, too, and you have to handl