The key to success is to do the next right thing right. Don Meyer More Quotes by Don Meyer More Quotes From Don Meyer If I cover my head with my hands, it means deny the ball to the opponent's ball handler. Don Meyer basketballmeanhands Time doesn't fly when you are not happy. Don Meyer not-happybasketball In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against. Don Meyer nbaimportantbasketball 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 fightingbasketballmight 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 basketballpracticegames Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter. Don Meyer cuttingbasketballplayer Winning a postseason game is like winning five regular season games. There is just no feeling like it. Everything is magnified. Every free throw, turnover, shot and play. Don Meyer basketballgameswinning There's only one thing we can control, and that is how hard we play. Don Meyer nbabasketballplay Have character, don't be one. Don Meyer basketballcharacter Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time. Don Meyer playermotivationalsports If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago. Don Meyer long-agobasketballdecision We painted a beautiful picture, but we just didn't finish it. Finishing is the difference between a beautiful picture and a masterpiece. Don Meyer differencesbasketballbeautiful Every day you teach attitude. Don Meyer coachingbasketballattitude Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract. Don Meyer coachingbasketballgames Shout praise and whisper criticism. Don Meyer coachingbasketballcriticism Make the practices like games and the games like practices. Don Meyer nbabasketballpractice Proper prior planning prevents pitiful poor performance. Don Meyer planningpoorbasketball To win it all, winners have to be obsessive about the fundamentals and doing the little things right. Don Meyer fundamentalswinningsports Only run special plays for special players; find plays that fit your players. Don Meyer basketballplayerrunning We always need to be prepared and work hard in practice so we can be just like the farmer who has put that fourth cutting of hay in the barn. After he does that, he can feel good about what is going to happen the rest of the winter. Don Meyer hard-workbasketballwinter
