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Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.

Lou Holtz

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
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Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail.
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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 think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
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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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I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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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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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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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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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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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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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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Build your empire on the firm foundation of the fundamentals.
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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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