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“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.”

Quote by Don Meyer

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Don Meyer, an American basketball coach, was born on December 16, 1944, and passed away on May 18, 2014. He is renowned in the basketball world for his strict training and excellent tactics. more

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