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Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.

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
Deal
Deals
Study
Teach
People

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We always need to be prepared and work hard in practice so we can be just like the farmer who has put that fourth cutting of hay in the barn. After he does that, he can feel good about what is going to happen the rest of the winter.
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If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
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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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The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else
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You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.
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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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Every day you teach attitude.
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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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If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else
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Defense involves three things: courage, energy, intelligence.
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Every coach should be recording games to watch...use your VCR.
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Coaching is the vehical we use to reach/ help people.
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We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that.
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The key to success is to do the next right thing right.
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Proper prior planning prevents pitiful poor performance.
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Positioning, anticipation and technique create quickness. Therefore, you can always get quicker
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There is a lot of difference at McDonald's between the guy in the back making the fries and the manager up front who is running the place.
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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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Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.
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There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.
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