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You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.

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
Program
Build
Ideas
Great
Coaching
Coaches
Basketball

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Discipline and demand without being demeaning.
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Time doesn't fly when you are not happy.
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Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.
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In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against.
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It doesn't matter where you coach, it matters why you coach.
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Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.
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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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To be a team, you must be a family.
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Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.
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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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Positioning, anticipation and technique create quickness. Therefore, you can always get quicker
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What you accept in victory, you must accept in defeat.
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We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that.
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Only run special plays for special players find plays that fit your players.
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If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else
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Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great.
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Every day you teach attitude.
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