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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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Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.
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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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If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
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Shared suffering makes a team a team.
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It doesn't matter where you coach, it matters why you coach.
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If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else
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