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You have to learn to play with what you've got.

Don Meyer

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Don Meyer
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: December 16
Died: 2014
Died: May 18
Basketball Coach
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Nebraska
Donald Wayne Meyer
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Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.
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Let your players know that you love them.
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We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that.
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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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To those who much has been given, much is expected.
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Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.
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