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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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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
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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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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.
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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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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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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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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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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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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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In adversity, there is opportunity. Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity. Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.
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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.
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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
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