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

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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 always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
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It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant
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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn't collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.
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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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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
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Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.
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First we become the best, then we'll become first.
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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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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.
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Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
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The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.
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