How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favourite failure?

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Mike Krzyzewski Basketball coach at Duke University, 1980-2022; winner of five NCAA championships

The world would say it was failure. But the difference was so small between us. They played great, but they lost.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interviewer, Academy of Achievement interview, Durham, North Carolina, 1 May 2001 source ↗

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