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Let your players know that you love them.

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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If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
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Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.
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You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.
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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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In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against.
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Administrators are like pigs don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.
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Every coach should be recording games to watch...use your VCR.
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Make the practices like games and the games like practices.
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Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.
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Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.
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We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that.
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Defense involves three things: courage, energy, intelligence.
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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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We can always do it better.
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Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great.
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There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.
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The key to success is to do the next right thing right.
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Winning a postseason game is like winning five regular season games. There is just no feeling like it. Everything is magnified. Every free throw, turnover, shot and play.
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