“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” ~ Vince Lombardi 🏈
That was a quote from a clue that appeared on today’s episode of Double Jeopardy! 📺
M is for …
March Madness * Motivational * Men’s Basketball * Magnificent Coach = Mike Krzyzewski
Coach K aims high: one and done, son! ☝️
The commentators for tonight’s close [insert here: 💅nail-biting😁, white-knuckling👊, edge-of-your-seat💺, screaming-when-you’ve-already-lost your-voice😱] NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball🏀 Championship described Coach K as magnificent.
A is for: Ability to Adapt and Adjust
These analysts also attributed this to Coach K.
Coach K now can count his NCAA championship titles on one full hand 👋
Now, more than ever, I’m confident that I chose the right topic for my doctoral🎓 dissertation📜 research because this amazing man was the one who affirmed it more in the first place and has served as a driving force behind my continued studies!
Coach K won five by five! 🙌
Aside from Coach K’s coaching leadership on the court and in the locker room for both college and pro ball that I’ve observed and studied*, I’ve admired him for the following reasons in which I can relate:
- He served our country🇺🇸, through the United States Army (I appreciate all of our veterans)
- He also is a devout🙏 Catholic💒
What a way for this senior to wrap up his college ball career! 👊
I must update my dissertation introduction, in which I mentioned that Coach K has led his Duke Blue Devils to four NCAA titles🏆 –> I now can revise it to FIVE!!!
Also, my 😸Double A-Teammates😻 deserve credit as my good luck🍀 charms toward this championship because during most of the game when the Wisconsin Badgers led, I was working on school💻, and when I tuned in more during crunch and clutch time⏰, they joined me to cheer📢 on the young Devs that included majority freshmen in the starting line-up!
YES, my Snow Angels go for the Blue Devils!
Lastly, I wish to point out that the very first paper that I wrote for my doctoral coursework compared the coaching styles of Coach K and his West Point coach, Bobby Knight ~ I’m proud that I aced🃏 it back then and proud of this team this whole season and tonight! 🌠
For the love of the team and the love of the game! 💝
*For more reasons why Coach K has the winning leadership recipe that champions both high performance and satisfaction, please read his books📚 and these studies📑 that I cited about him and Coach Knight, a.k.a. The General:
My Concept Map Bibliography (LEAD 9310, Oct. 21, 2008)
- Carpenter, M. (2001). Quotable general: Words of wisdom, motivation, & success by and about BOBBY KNIGHT, basketball’s unrivaled teacher. Nashville, TN: Towlehouse.
- Coach K.com. (2008). Coach K – The official web site of Coach Mike Krzyzewski. Retrieved October 20, 2008, from http://www.coachk.com
- Feinstein, J. (1989). A season on the brink: A year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers. New York: Simon and Schuster.
- Klein, P. (2006). Management styles: Bob Knight vs. Coach K. Organizations and Markets.
- Krzyzewski, M. (2000). Leading with the heart. New York: Warner Books.
- Maresco, P. (2007). Leadership and recruitment: What leaders can learn from Coach Robert Montgomery Knight: A conceptual view. Academic Leadership, 5(1).
- Mellen, J. (1988). Bob Knight: His own man: The man behind the myth – on and off the court, 1st ed. New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc.
- Plonsky, C. (2008). The softer side of Bobby Knight. Chronicle of Higher Education, 54(24).
- Silverthorne, P. (2006). HBS cases: On managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K.” HBS Working Knowledge.
- Sulek, R. P. (1990). Hoosier honor: Bob Knight and academic success at Indiana University. New York: Praeger.
Nothing but net! 🏀
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