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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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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
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West Virginia
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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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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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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 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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The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.
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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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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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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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If you want to get a deal, negotiate with the teams yourself. Say, I want this much, and no less, but I'll show up to camp on time. It doesn't seem that hard to me.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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First we become the best, then we'll become first.
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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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