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You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.

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
Indecisive
Purpose
Never

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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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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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I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
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All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.
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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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In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.
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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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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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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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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.
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To my wife 'I told you I was sick'.
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