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We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that.

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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Time doesn't fly when you are not happy.
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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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Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.
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There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.
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Let your players know that you love them.
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Every coach should be recording games to watch...use your VCR.
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We can always do it better.
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Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.
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It doesn't cost nothing to be nice to people
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You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.
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Coaching is the vehical we use to reach/ help people.
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If a farmer and his family can get up at 5:30 every morning to milk cows, surly we can get up at that time to practice basketball.
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The only thing success should do is make you more humble.
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Good shooters take the shots best shooters take most of the shots.
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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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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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If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
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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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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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