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Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.

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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Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.
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It doesn't cost nothing to be nice to people
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If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else
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The only thing success should do is make you more humble.
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Time doesn't fly when you are not happy.
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Administrators are like pigs don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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