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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: 88
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn't collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.
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You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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Coaching is about helping young people have a chance to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility than that. One of the greatest honors a person can have is being called 'Coach.'
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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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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A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing.
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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
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So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.
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If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?
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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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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.
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I can't explain why a bride buys her wedding dress, whereas a groom rents his tux.
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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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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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