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God looks after children, animals and idiots.

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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
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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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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 Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
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I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.
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Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down.
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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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I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.
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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop
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The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.
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If you want to get a deal, negotiate with the teams yourself. Say, I want this much, and no less, but I'll show up to camp on time. It doesn't seem that hard to me.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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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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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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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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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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After winning, most teams become individuals most teams become complacent.
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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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It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant
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