Mike Krzyzewski Quotes

I wish they would teach it in schools: Give people the belief that they are going to do well. A lot of people are really talented and scared to follow their talent because you don't know where it's going.

"Right!" "Right!" "You can get there!" "I can get there!" "You're a natural at counting to two!" "I'm a nat'ral at counting to two!" "If you can count to two, you can count to anything!" "If I can count to two, I can count to anything!" "And then the world is your mollusc!" "My mollusc! What's a mollusc?

Often really what you need is someone who will believe in you, who will encourage you to believe in yourself.

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.

Positive thinking breeds success.

Affirm people. Affirm your children. Believe in them, not in what you see but in what you don't see - their potential.

To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes.

Every child should be taught to expect success

You are not being tested! You are being fortified! Remember, you cannot fail!

When you see them be successful, however small, you say to yourself, wow. And everything becomes possible. Never denigrate, to say we will not succeed.

Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could.

All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, Do it and don't let anyone stand in your way. His validation just made it all the more true. I haven't stopped thanking him since.

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.

I love finding talent. Just to encourage people is a good thing. Every night, the audience encourages me. I'm just passing it on.

My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I'd wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, 'You're going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.'

I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me.

A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.

I think I play better when people say keep showing us what you've got, keep showing us. And whatever's going to get me to play at a high level is what I want to do.

It's motivating when someone tells you it's possible to do something that seems impossible.

I am the product of those who believed in me.

I like to give kids motivation and tell them my story.

Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming.

You don't ever want to say to a young person, You can't, or, You are no good. Some people might be able to do it, but I don't think I am a policeman for literature. So I tell them, Sweat it out, do your best.

There's a world of difference between insisting on someone's doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.