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To those who much has been given, much is expected.

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
Basketball
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Much
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Positioning, anticipation and technique create quickness. Therefore, you can always get quicker
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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 never realize the value of coaching until your children play for a coach
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Winning a postseason game is like winning five regular season games. There is just no feeling like it. Everything is magnified. Every free throw, turnover, shot and play.
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We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that.
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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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Administrators are like pigs don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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Sometimes the best recruits are the ones you don't get.
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You have to learn to play with what you've got.
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You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.
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The key to success is to do the next right thing right.
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Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great.
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If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
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Good shooters take the shots best shooters take most of the shots.
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Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.
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The only thing success should do is make you more humble.
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As a coach, you're just trying to figure out how to keep a team on edge. You've got to find that edge.
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