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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

Lou Holtz

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Lou Holtz
Age: 88
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
Louis Holtz
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Do what's right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest remain free from drugs and if you have any questions, get out your Bible. 2. Do your best. Mediocrity is unacceptable when you are capable of doing better. 3. Treat others as you want to be treated. Practice love and understanding.
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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.
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Build your empire on the firm foundation of the fundamentals.
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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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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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After landing his invasion forces on the shores of some country, the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes would immediately burn his own boats. He was sending his army a message: We can't turn back. Either we succeed here or we die here. Excuses were not an option.
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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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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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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.
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No, but you can see it from here.
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