Coach K, What do you do?
This is what I do. I determine how good our kids can be by watching them, by getting to know them, by building relationships with them. I constantly try to take a realistic look at our team and try not to let the final outcome of any game spike emotions too high or too low. And then I also work with the guys over the course of the entire season to help raise them to their highest potential.
Every Season Is a Journey
During the season, your team should be led with exuberance and excitement.
You should live the journey.
You should live it right.
You should live it together.
You should live it shared.
You should try to make on eanother better.
You should get on one another if somebdody´s not doing their part.
You should hug one another when they are.
You should be disappointed in a loss and exhilarated in a win.
It´s all about the journey.
It should be honest and it should be real.
It´s not about winning games or what other people´s expectations of us may be. We´re not going to fall into the traps that so many people fall into. That´s not why we are going to play. We are going to play for innocence.
On Being a Great Team
When everyone on our team believes that our own personal signature is on everything our team does -- then we have a chance to be a great basketball team. And not until we believe that every ball we play with says "Duke" on it, will we be proud of our performance.
On Major Achievements
Playing hard together, being the best defensive team, and players building strong bonds with one another, are shared goals that involve working together as a group over the entire year. If a team consistently concentrates on golas like that, major achievements happen.