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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.

Lou Holtz

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
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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Everyone
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Basketball

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