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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
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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We aren't where we want to be we aren't where we ought to be but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.
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The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.
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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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You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.
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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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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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Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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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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Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something, and a purpose in your life, you're gonna die.
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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
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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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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing.
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