Coaching Quotes
- If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago. — Don Meyer
- Every day you teach attitude. — Don Meyer
- To be a team, you must be a family. — Don Meyer
- Shout praise and whisper criticism. — Don Meyer
- Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones. — Don Meyer
- Discipline and demand without being demeaning. — Don Meyer
- Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract. — Don Meyer
- There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service. — Don Meyer
- Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits. — Don Meyer
- Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team. — Don Meyer
- It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize. — Don Meyer
- Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship. — Don Meyer
- Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them. — Don Meyer
- Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots. — Don Meyer
- Only run special plays for special players; find plays that fit your players. — Don Meyer
- You build your program from the ideas of great coaches. — Don Meyer
- Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him. — Don Meyer
- Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter. — Don Meyer
- It doesn't matter where you coach, it matters why you coach. — Don Meyer
- In evaluating the way in which ball possessions are gained during the course of a game, we find that 60 to 80 percent of the… — Ralph Miller