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You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.

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
Going
Championships
Make
Throws
Championship
Basketball
Aren
Unless
Winning
Free

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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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When I go in for heart surgery, I want a full-time surgeon. I don't want some guy who just does it part-time between rounds of golf. You want a guy who is doing it all the time and is always reading and learning about the most recent techniques.
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Good shooters take the shots best shooters take most of the shots.
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To those who much has been given, much is expected.
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