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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: 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 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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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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