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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
Basketball Coach
Wayne
Nebraska
Donald Wayne Meyer
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If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
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You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.
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Only run special plays for special players find plays that fit your players.
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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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There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.
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To be a team, you must be a family.
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When you get to be my age, you don't buy green bananas because you may not be around to eat them.
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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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Good shooters take the shots best shooters take most of the shots.
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Proper prior planning prevents pitiful poor performance.
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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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You can pick captains, but you can't pick leaders. Whoever controls the locker room controls the team
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Every coach should be recording games to watch...use your VCR.
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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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Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.
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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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We had 10 turnovers tonight. Each one gets worse as you go. It is like prior arrests: the 10th one may not have been that bad, but when you have had nine prior ones, it looks pretty bad.
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