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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.

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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
Louis Holtz
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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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The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.
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Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think
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I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.
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No, but you can see it from here.
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Do what's right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest remain free from drugs and if you have any questions, get out your Bible. 2. Do your best. Mediocrity is unacceptable when you are capable of doing better. 3. Treat others as you want to be treated. Practice love and understanding.
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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.
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Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.
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When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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I bet you went on one date and wanted to get married.
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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game
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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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Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.
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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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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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It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.
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