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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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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've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.
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The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.
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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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If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
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If you are killing time, it's not murder. It's suicide.
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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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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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Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do.
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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
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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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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.
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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 don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.
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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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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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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop
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