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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
Louis Holtz
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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
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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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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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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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