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You never realize the value of coaching until your children play for a coach

Don Meyer

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Don Meyer
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: December 16
Died: 2014
Died: May 18
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Nebraska
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Time doesn't fly when you are not happy.
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If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
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We can always do it better.
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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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To those who much has been given, much is expected.
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The only thing success should do is make you more humble.
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We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that.
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