Coach K: Love in Winning, Love in Losing

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

Everything Happens Studios

Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

What happens when someone believes in you–before you’re even ready to believe in yourself? In this powerful conversation, Kate sits down with legendary basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) to talk about trust, leadership, and the important work of calling out greatness in others. From his storied career at Duke to coaching Team USA, Coach K shares what he has learned about the power of honest feedback, why trust is the foundation of meaningful relationships, and how four simple words–”I believe in you”–can change everything. There’s even a story where he hangs up on a player. Twice. (It worked.)

In this humorous and heartfelt conversation, Coach K and Kate discuss:

Why trust (not talent) is what makes a team great.
The courage it takes to offer honest feedback—even when it’s uncomfortable.
How to call out the best in others (and yourself).

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1:20.6	This is Everything Happens, and I'm Kate Bowler. Okay, today we're having a conversation about greatness and grit with someone who
1:30.5	knows a thing or two about winning. Our guest, the legendary coach Mike Shishovsky, or
1:36.4	Coach Kay, led the Duke men's basketball team to over a thousand victories and five national
1:42.8	championships and led the U.S. team to three Olympic gold medals.
1:48.1	No big deal. This conversation was part of a live event at Duke University or one that you can
1:54.8	watch on YouTube too. We'll link it in the show notes. You can even watch his urge to walk around
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