Basketball Quote by Don Meyer
“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.”
About This Quote
Source Speech: Coaching talk, basketball, 2000s
He compares repeated turnovers to prior arrests, noting each subsequent one feels worse.
In simple terms: Repeated mistakes feel increasingly severe.
Key Takeaway
Learn from each error to prevent escalation.
Themes
sports psychology
performance
learning from failure
Mood
motivational
reflective
Type
coaching
sports
When to use this quote
- basketball games
- team meetings
- personal development
Key Concepts
error accumulation
mental resilience
decision making
Questions to Reflect On
- What patterns cause repeated errors?
- How can teams break the cycle?
A Different Perspective
May oversimplify complex causes of mistakes.
![“I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up. Now that I'm an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don't go to the gentlemen's clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.” quote by Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08f/shaquille-o-neal-659_age_i-failed-i-think-seven-or-eight-times-be_2731.jpg)
