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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
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West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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If you want to get a deal, negotiate with the teams yourself. Say, I want this much, and no less, but I'll show up to camp on time. It doesn't seem that hard to me.
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.
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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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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey.
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