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Administrators are like pigs don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.

Don Meyer

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Don Meyer
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: December 16
Died: 2014
Died: May 18
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Make the practices like games and the games like practices.
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Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.
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We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that.
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We always need to be prepared and work hard in practice so we can be just like the farmer who has put that fourth cutting of hay in the barn. After he does that, he can feel good about what is going to happen the rest of the winter.
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There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.
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You have to learn to play with what you've got.
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Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.
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It doesn't cost nothing to be nice to people
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You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.
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You never realize the value of coaching until your children play for a coach
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Be what ya is, 'cause if ya be what you ain't, ya ain't what ya is.
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Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great.
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When you get to be my age, you don't buy green bananas because you may not be around to eat them.
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If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else
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Tough minded enough to do the necessary things--this is the epitome of what a team is.
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Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.
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