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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
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Shared suffering makes a team a team.
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If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
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When you get to be my age, you don't buy green bananas because you may not be around to eat them.
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Successful basketball coaches are those that subscribe to a system that is based on sound fundamental teachings.
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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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Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.
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Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great.
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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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You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.
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Good shooters take the shots best shooters take most of the shots.
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Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.
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Proper prior planning prevents pitiful poor performance.
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The key to success is to do the next right thing right.
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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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You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.
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If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else
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Discipline and demand without being demeaning.
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The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else
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Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.
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