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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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You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.
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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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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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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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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.
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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.
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After winning, most teams become individuals most teams become complacent.
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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
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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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