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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

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
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities. If you want to fail yourself - you can - but you cannot do your own thing if you have responsibilities to team members.
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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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I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.
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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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It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
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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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After winning, most teams become individuals most teams become complacent.
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.
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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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I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression.
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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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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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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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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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