Top 92 Quotes & Sayings by Don Meyer - Page 2

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American coach Don Meyer.

Last updated on September 19, 2024.

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

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

You have to learn things in every game because you are not going to be able to practice two-and-a-half to three hours (during the season), so the games have to be the ultimate learning experience.

Don Meyer

We have 2,500 students and an 8,000-seat basketball arena. You do the math on how important basketball is in Aberdeen.

Don Meyer

Ten minutes after you lose that last game, you start working on next season.

Don Meyer

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

Don Meyer

Successful basketball coaches are those that subscribe to a system that is based on sound fundamental teachings.

Don Meyer

Proper prior planning prevents pitiful poor performance.

Don Meyer

As a coach, you're just trying to figure out how to keep a team on edge. You've got to find that edge.

Don Meyer

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

Don Meyer

You have to learn to play with what you've got.

Don Meyer

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

Don Meyer

Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.

Don Meyer

Every coach should be recording games to watch...use your VCR.

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

Don't be in a hurry to change during the season.

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 to heaven and I was coaching, it would be at Wachs Arena.

Don Meyer

Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great.

Don Meyer

If I cover my head with my hands, it means deny the ball to the opponent's ball handler.

Don Meyer

Time doesn't fly when you are not happy.

Don Meyer

Shout praise and whisper criticism.

Don Meyer

We have to get a lot tougher. If you get involved in a street fight, you can't lay down in the street and act like you're dead because they will kill you for sure. You might as well get up and fight.

Don Meyer

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

Don Meyer