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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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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
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West Virginia
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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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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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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
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No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.
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It's the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.
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If you are killing time, it's not murder. It's suicide.
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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 was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression.
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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 feel that God wants me to coach otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
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