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Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do.
Lou Holtz
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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
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Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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After landing his invasion forces on the shores of some country, the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes would immediately burn his own boats. He was sending his army a message: We can't turn back. Either we succeed here or we die here. Excuses were not an option.
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All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.
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The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.
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If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
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I feel that God wants me to coach otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
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A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing.
Lou Holtz
Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
Lou Holtz
Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.
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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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After winning, most teams become individuals most teams become complacent.
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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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I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
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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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I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down.
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If you are killing time, it's not murder. It's suicide.
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I asked you to pack your headgear and shoulder pads, but more importantly your defense and your kicking game, because that's what wins game like this.
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When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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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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