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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
Lou Holtz
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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
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West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.
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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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Broadcasting is easy you just talk until you think of something to say.
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Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.
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If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?
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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.
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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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If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.
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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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I can't explain why a bride buys her wedding dress, whereas a groom rents his tux.
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Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down.
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All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey.
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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant
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Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something, and a purpose in your life, you're gonna die.
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I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.
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I feel that God wants me to coach otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
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