Quotes from Don Meyer

I have learned that peace is not the absence of trial, trouble, or torment but the presence of calm in the midst of them

If you are a good team, your offense is born on the defensive end.

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

Defense involves three things: courage, energy, intelligence.

A coach who is not teaching leads to the worst thing in a program -- players not learning.

Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.

The only thing success should do is make you more humble.

The key to success is to do the next right thing right.

Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team.

If a farmer and his family can get up at 5:30 every morning to milk cows, surly we can get up at that time to practice basketball.

Time doesn't fly when you are not happy.

Let your players know that you love them.

Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.

I tell everyone that I have 25,000 assistant coaches. If I want to know something, I just go to the grocery store.'

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.

Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.

Every day you teach attitude.

To be a team, you must be a family.