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.
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J.J. came out today and got 35 points in a very workmanlike way. Maryland did a really good job on him defensively early on and we had to try to change things to get him the ball. ... Other guys played off him instead of just watching him today and that's what made the difference.Mike Krzyzewski
You should crave this opportunity, to be in that moment. It's exciting. The beauty of the tournament is you have one pitch. You hit it or you miss it. If you hit it, you get another pitch.
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I would think that security is not ready for that type of thing. We weren't going to win the basketball game, the game was basically over, so why put those kids in harm's way.
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Everyone was considered. It is obvious that we're not trying to put a collection of All-Stars together. The goal is to put together as good of a basketball team as we possibly can. I believe we've done that with this group of players.
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It was truly a team win, and to win both the regular season and then the tournament is quite an accomplishment for this senior class. I'm very happy for them. Now we've got to put it behind us.
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I liken the game that we'll have to play (Saturday) to that. A number of our games to get to the Sweet 16 have been our toughest games.
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