Coach Meyer taught us…..
Coach taught us to not have a job or simply go to work, but to have a passion.
“You must have a passion for what you do. Be part of something that is bigger than yourself”
If you played for coach you knew what it meant to have passion. No one thought about his team more, his occupation more and how to improve things more than Coach.
Coach taught us not to win, but to give our best effort.
“Play against the game”
Winning was very seldom mentioned, but playing against the game was important to him. He knew that if you played the game correctly that you would come out ahead more times than not. He could take the pressure to win off of his players by constantly emphasizing that you needed to play against the game and not your opponent.
Coach taught us not to be religious, but to be Christ-Like.
“I’d rather see a sermon, than hear one any day.”
Coach taught us to not feel like we deserved or were entitled to anything, but to be dedicating in striving to make things better.
“Pick up one piece of trash a day”
Every day when I bend over to pick up my one piece of trash a day, I think of coach saying those words. I am not sure if I have ever bent to pick up a piece of trash and not said those words.
Coach taught us to not treat people the same, but to help those who needed more help and attention than others.
Coach’s friends or the people he talked to the most were just the regular type person. He was not a “political” person at all. He talked to the ones he liked and he never looked down on anyone. His friends were the ones that might be the low man on the totem pole or the worker that did not have a high profile position. It almost seemed the lower someone was on the social or economical ladder the better he treated that person. His hard working personality did not mean he ran over people. To us he showed that everyone had purpose and a special place. He taught us not to look at social standing in judging or treating someone.
Coach taught us to have good habits, and to do the right thing and look for new ways to do old tricks.
Coach must have changed day planners and time organizers more than anyone in history. He was always coming up with a new way to be better organized. He did not let himself get in a rut. If he taught things a certain way he would still look for a better or more effective way to teach.
Coach taught us to not be pretty or look good, but to be real and authentic.
For coach it was about being real. He did not ever make it look like he had more money or power than other people. Even when he was making very good money with his camps and videotapes he never tried to look like a big spender. He wore the same clothes, ate at the same places and drove the same kind of car. He never tried to look the part of someone who had made it big.
Coach taught us not to be knowledgeable, but to be teachable.
For coach one of the most important things was finding out how teachable someone was going to be and if they could take correction. It did not take long to find the ones that were not teachable were the ones who would not last with Coach. Being teachable was up there with almost any character trait he would discuss.
Coach taught us not how to be better basketball players, but to be a better teammate.
“If it is a decision between you and the program the decision has already been made”
For coach it was about the team. He never pumped the play of individuals, but wanted the emphasis to be on the team. He knew that the only way his team would have success would be the organization and willingness of players to put the team first and their own goals second.
Coach taught us not to be winners, but that attitude was the one trait that you needed to have to be what you could be.
“Attitude is one of those things that may be hard to define, but you know it when you see it”
Anyone associated with Coach and his camps would have to come away with a better understanding of what the word attitude meant. For most of us we saw the acronym so many times we should be able to recite it word for word.
A was for Awareness
T was for teachable
T was for tenacity
I was for intensity
T was for technique
U was for unselfish
D was for discipline
E was for execution
Coach taught us to not have a job or simply go to work, but to have a passion.
“You must have a passion for what you do. Be part of something that is bigger than yourself”
If you played for coach you knew what it meant to have passion. No one thought about his team more, his occupation more and how to improve things more than Coach.
Coach taught us not to win, but to give our best effort.
“Play against the game”
Winning was very seldom mentioned, but playing against the game was important to him. He knew that if you played the game correctly that you would come out ahead more times than not. He could take the pressure to win off of his players by constantly emphasizing that you needed to play against the game and not your opponent.
Coach taught us not to be religious, but to be Christ-Like.
“I’d rather see a sermon, than hear one any day.”
Coach taught us to not feel like we deserved or were entitled to anything, but to be dedicating in striving to make things better.
“Pick up one piece of trash a day”
Every day when I bend over to pick up my one piece of trash a day, I think of coach saying those words. I am not sure if I have ever bent to pick up a piece of trash and not said those words.
Coach taught us to not treat people the same, but to help those who needed more help and attention than others.
Coach’s friends or the people he talked to the most were just the regular type person. He was not a “political” person at all. He talked to the ones he liked and he never looked down on anyone. His friends were the ones that might be the low man on the totem pole or the worker that did not have a high profile position. It almost seemed the lower someone was on the social or economical ladder the better he treated that person. His hard working personality did not mean he ran over people. To us he showed that everyone had purpose and a special place. He taught us not to look at social standing in judging or treating someone.
Coach taught us to have good habits, and to do the right thing and look for new ways to do old tricks.
Coach must have changed day planners and time organizers more than anyone in history. He was always coming up with a new way to be better organized. He did not let himself get in a rut. If he taught things a certain way he would still look for a better or more effective way to teach.
Coach taught us to not be pretty or look good, but to be real and authentic.
For coach it was about being real. He did not ever make it look like he had more money or power than other people. Even when he was making very good money with his camps and videotapes he never tried to look like a big spender. He wore the same clothes, ate at the same places and drove the same kind of car. He never tried to look the part of someone who had made it big.
Coach taught us not to be knowledgeable, but to be teachable.
For coach one of the most important things was finding out how teachable someone was going to be and if they could take correction. It did not take long to find the ones that were not teachable were the ones who would not last with Coach. Being teachable was up there with almost any character trait he would discuss.
Coach taught us not how to be better basketball players, but to be a better teammate.
“If it is a decision between you and the program the decision has already been made”
For coach it was about the team. He never pumped the play of individuals, but wanted the emphasis to be on the team. He knew that the only way his team would have success would be the organization and willingness of players to put the team first and their own goals second.
Coach taught us not to be winners, but that attitude was the one trait that you needed to have to be what you could be.
“Attitude is one of those things that may be hard to define, but you know it when you see it”
Anyone associated with Coach and his camps would have to come away with a better understanding of what the word attitude meant. For most of us we saw the acronym so many times we should be able to recite it word for word.
A was for Awareness
T was for teachable
T was for tenacity
I was for intensity
T was for technique
U was for unselfish
D was for discipline
E was for execution
