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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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In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against.
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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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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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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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Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.
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