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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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Don Meyer
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: December 16
Died: 2014
Died: May 18
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Donald Wayne Meyer
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The key to success is to do the next right thing right.
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In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against.
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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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Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.
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Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.
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