Don Meyer Quotes
- Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship.
- Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.
- Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.
- Only run special plays for special players; find plays that fit your players.
- You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.
- Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.
- Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.
- It doesn't matter where you coach, it matters why you coach.
- Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.
- Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.
- In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball.
- It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.
- Sometimes the best recruits are the ones you don't get.
- If you can do something and not blow your own horn, it sure sounds a lot better.
- Successful basketball coaches are those that subscribe to a system that is based on sound fundamental teachings.
- Anytime you get an award as a coach, you've got to be the ultimate fool to think it wasn't your assistant coaches and all the…
- Nobody travels better than Northern State fans and nobody knows the game better than Northern State fans. If I'd die and went to heaven and…
- You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.
- You have to learn to play with what you've got.
- Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.