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Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.

Don Meyer

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Don Meyer
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: December 16
Died: 2014
Died: May 18
Basketball Coach
Wayne
Nebraska
Donald Wayne Meyer
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Time doesn't fly when you are not happy.
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We can always do it better.
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You have to learn to play with what you've got.
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Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.
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Every day you teach attitude.
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To be a team, you must be a family.
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We have to get a lot tougher. If you get involved in a street fight, you can't lay down in the street and act like you're dead because they will kill you for sure. You might as well get up and fight.
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Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.
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Defense involves three things: courage, energy, intelligence.
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Make the practices like games and the games like practices.
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What you accept in victory, you must accept in defeat.
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Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.
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