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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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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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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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Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think
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To my wife 'I told you I was sick'.
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Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do.
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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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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.
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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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If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
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The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal or just a score.
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An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.
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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?
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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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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.
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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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