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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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I feel that God wants me to coach otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
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I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.
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No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
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I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.
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After winning, most teams become individuals most teams become complacent.
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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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Attitude determines how well you do it.
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So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.
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The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.
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Build your empire on the firm foundation of the fundamentals.
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Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.
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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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