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Be what ya is, 'cause if ya be what you ain't, ya ain't what ya is.

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
Cause
Causes

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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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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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Let your players know that you love them.
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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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Good shooters take the shots best shooters take most of the shots.
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What you accept in victory, you must accept in defeat.
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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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