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You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.

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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The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.
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Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think
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If you make a fist and hold it for two hours, you won't be able to pick up a glass because you'll be so weak. Let's stay loose. Let's have fun.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.
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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.
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The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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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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I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.
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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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I bet you went on one date and wanted to get married.
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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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The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.
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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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We aren't where we want to be we aren't where we ought to be but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.
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