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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

Lou Holtz

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
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Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
Louis Holtz
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
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Broadcasting is easy you just talk until you think of something to say.
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The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail.
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If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.
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