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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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Nebraska
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Time doesn't fly when you are not happy.
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Every day you teach attitude.
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We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that.
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To be a team, you must be a family.
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Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.
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To those who much has been given, much is expected.
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