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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
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West Virginia
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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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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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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.
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You can't motivate a group of people or a Team. You have to motivate people individually, and that motivation has to be in an environment in which that person has a goal - something they want to accomplish in their lives.
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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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If you are killing time, it's not murder. It's suicide.
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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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When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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If you make a fist and hold it for two hours, you won't be able to pick up a glass because you'll be so weak. Let's stay loose. Let's have fun.
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