{"author":"Mike Krzyzewski","author_id":"Mike+Krzyzewski","total_quotes":13,"quotes":[{"text":"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.","author":"Mike Krzyzewski","tags":["positive","school","me "],"id":3795,"author_id":"Mike+Krzyzewski"},{"text":"I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one.","author":"Mike Krzyzewski","tags":["free","always","lane "],"id":71395,"author_id":"Mike+Krzyzewski"},{"text":"Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I've always looked up to.","author":"Mike Krzyzewski","tags":["life","my life","person "],"id":79997,"author_id":"Mike+Krzyzewski"},{"text":"My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.","author":"Mike Krzyzewski","tags":["school","ambition "],"id":80982,"author_id":"Mike+Krzyzewski"},{"text":"I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.","author":"Mike Krzyzewski","tags":["growing up","me","bad "],"id":188112,"author_id":"Mike+Krzyzewski"},{"text":"I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now.","author":"Mike Krzyzewski","tags":["teacher","parents","losing "],"id":220405,"author_id":"Mike+Krzyzewski"},{"text":"The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.","author":"Mike Krzyzewski","tags":["love","limits","group "],"id":237501,"author_id":"Mike+Krzyzewski"},{"text":"Leadership is an ever-evolving position.","author":"Mike Krzyzewski","tags":["position "],"id":280866,"author_id":"Mike+Krzyzewski"},{"text":"Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it.","author":"Mike Krzyzewski","tags":["love","parents","play "],"id":306233,"author_id":"Mike+Krzyzewski"},{"text":"I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.","author":"Mike Krzyzewski","tags":["hope","good","winning "],"id":320619,"author_id":"Mike+Krzyzewski"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":13,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}