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Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

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
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It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.
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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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Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do.
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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 you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.
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I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.
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When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
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Build your empire on the firm foundation of the fundamentals.
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In adversity, there is opportunity. Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity. Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.
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The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.
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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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If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
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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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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop
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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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I give opinions, not advice.
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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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