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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities. If you want to fail yourself - you can - but you cannot do your own thing if you have responsibilities to team members.
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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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.
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I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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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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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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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
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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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They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant
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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've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.
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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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The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.
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