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

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
Louis Holtz
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It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
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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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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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To my wife 'I told you I was sick'.
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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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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. Why was something successful? What makes it work? I just try to use my expertise and whatever insight I have to the game.
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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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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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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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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
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All I've seen agents do is talk players into having bad senior seasons because they're trying to keep themselves from getting injured.
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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.
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I believe your attitude is the most important choice you can make.
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It's the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.
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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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You can't motivate a group of people or a Team. You have to motivate people individually, and that motivation has to be in an environment in which that person has a goal - something they want to accomplish in their lives.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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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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