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If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?

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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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You can't motivate a group of people or a Team. You have to motivate people individually, and that motivation has to be in an environment in which that person has a goal - something they want to accomplish in their lives.
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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
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It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.
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No, but you can see it from here.
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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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Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.
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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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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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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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I can't explain why a bride buys her wedding dress, whereas a groom rents his tux.
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The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.
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One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.
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I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.
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I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.
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The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal or just a score.
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Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
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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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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 believe your attitude is the most important choice you can make.
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After winning, most teams become individuals most teams become complacent.
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