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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
Lou Holtz
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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
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West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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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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First we become the best, then we'll become first.
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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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