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It doesn't matter where you coach, it matters why you coach.

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
Donald Wayne Meyer
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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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Be what ya is, 'cause if ya be what you ain't, ya ain't what ya is.
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Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.
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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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If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
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We can always do it better.
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Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.
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Time doesn't fly when you are not happy.
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Positioning, anticipation and technique create quickness. Therefore, you can always get quicker
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Discipline and demand without being demeaning.
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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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You never realize the value of coaching until your children play for a coach
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I tell everyone that I have 25,000 assistant coaches. If I want to know something, I just go to the grocery store.'
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