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One thing about me is I try to be honest.

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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Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me?
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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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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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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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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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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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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.
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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 do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.
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So many times people are afraid of competition, when it should bring out the best in us. We all have talents and abilities, so why be intimidated by other people's skills?
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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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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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To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.
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I asked you to pack your headgear and shoulder pads, but more importantly your defense and your kicking game, because that's what wins game like this.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.
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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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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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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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