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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

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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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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Attitude determines how well you do it.
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They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.
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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
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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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The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities. If you want to fail yourself - you can - but you cannot do your own thing if you have responsibilities to team members.
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A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing.
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After winning, most teams become individuals most teams become complacent.
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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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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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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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Broadcasting is easy you just talk until you think of something to say.
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I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.
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