Mike Krzyzewski Quotes

Consistency is key in any sport and it's no different here.

I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.

I have to go at a good pace because how you practice, that's how you play.

You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

You play like you practice and practice how you play.

I don't think you can ask anybody in any walk of life to do anything at a championship level without doing it over and over and over and over and over again in preparation.

I just come to training, work hard, go home, prepare for the game, then play.

It's not about making the most shots or even dunking the ball or any of that. It's about being consistent every day you step on the court.

It's all about doing the little things right. It doesn't matter what form of cricket you are playing. Just keep things simple, and you will succeed.

It's natural for players to be relaxed, so you have to be there to say, 'You have to do it again and again and again.'

Excellence is not a single act. You are what you repeatedly do.

I have always tried to improve myself in every practice session. When it comes to playing and preparation, I am as disciplined and dedicated as anyone else.

I have to continue to train hard and when I have time to play I have to play well.

It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.

Some weeks, I'll go super-hard at practice for two straight days, but then the third day, something happens away from basketball, and I'll lose focus. I'll say, 'I just want to get through practice. I don't want to conquer it today.' But then I'll go home and realize I missed a chance to get better, and it'll bother me.

In the old days Michael Jordan and Larry Bird worked for everything they got. They worked hard on their game.

The champs are the guys who can do it the best, to lock it in for 25 minutes and do what they plan to do.

I just focus on getting better every day, putting things right in training and then hopefully what I'm doing right in training I'm doing to show in games as well.

How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well.

Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.

I believe you win games by what you do from your first practice until your first game

There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.

Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.

If it takes 30 days of rehearsal, you better ace all 30 of those days. When it's game time, you're ready to play ball.