Mike Krzyzewski Quotes

I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence.

One of the highest qualities of all true leadership is a high standard of courage. … There has never been time in the Church when its leaders were not required to be courageous men; not alone courageous in the sense that they were able to meet physical dangers, but also in the sense that they were steadfast and true to a clear and upright conviction.

Real gold fears no fire.

We should strive to go on in fortune and misfortune like a clock during a thunderstorm.

Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.

The anvil is not afraid of the hammer.

A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.

Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken! Aid where tears of virtue flow; Faith to keep each promise spoken! Truth alike to friend and foe!

Stand firm as the tower that never shakes its top whatever wind may blow.

You can't be scared. You do your thing, you hold your ground, you stand up tall, and whatever happens, happens.

I have both English bulldog determination and Bengal tiger strength.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.

There's no wobble in Bush. If anything, the opposite. Right after hello, the next words out of his mouth are: I've never been more convinced that the decisions I made are the right decisions.

Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

If we stand firm, we shall not fail.

What is important for a leader is that you walk in a stable manner in your own shoes and do not trip.

Sometimes it's easy to go where the wind blows, but those that stand firmly planted are forces to be reckoned with.

'Oz' means strength - and it also means courage.

What 'listo' means in Spanish is this: it means prepared, it means battle-tested, it means rock solid, up for anything, never backing down. And, friends, Hillary Clinton, she is listo!

I want people to look back at my career and say, 'That guy never backed down from anyone.'

One thing I'll never do is panic.

I don't care what you label me or how many times you come for me. I am fearless, and I'm just getting started.

There is no time where I feel like I will fall off. I feel like I will always last.