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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
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So many times people are afraid of competition, when it should bring out the best in us. We all have talents and abilities, so why be intimidated by other people's skills?
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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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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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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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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
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The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.
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It's the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.
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To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.
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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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So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
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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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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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How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?
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First we become the best, then we'll become first.
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Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.
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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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