Coaching Quotes by Don Meyer

To be a team, you must be a family.

— Don Meyer

The team is an extension of the coach.

— Don Meyer

Shout praise and whisper criticism.

— Don Meyer

Every day you teach attitude.

— Don Meyer

When you watch the game, be a student of the game.

— Don Meyer

It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize.

— Don Meyer

Discipline and demand without being demeaning.

— Don Meyer

You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.

— Don Meyer

Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.

— Don Meyer

Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.

— Don Meyer

The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else

— Don Meyer

Quickness more than anything else should determine your amount of pressure on the ball.

— Don Meyer

Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship.

— Don Meyer

If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.

— Don Meyer

Your program must have an overriding purpose which is clearly visible and which teaches lessons beyond winning.

— Don Meyer

There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.

— Don Meyer

Nobody travels better than Northern State fans and nobody knows the game better than Northern State fans. If I'd die and went…

— Don Meyer

Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.

— Don Meyer

Coaching is the vehical we use to reach/ help people.

— Don Meyer

Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.

— Don Meyer

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

— Don Meyer

Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.

— Don Meyer

Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.

— Don Meyer

Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.

— Don Meyer

The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.

— Don Meyer

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

— Don Meyer

Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.

— Don Meyer

Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team.

— Don Meyer

Administrators are like pigs; don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.

— Don Meyer

Only run special plays for special players; find plays that fit your players.

— Don Meyer

Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.

— Don Meyer

Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.

— Don Meyer

When the legs go, the heart and the head follow quickly behind.

— Don Meyer

Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.

— Don Meyer

It doesn't matter where you coach, it matters why you coach.

— Don Meyer