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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

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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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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
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No, but you can see it from here.
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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
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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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So many times people are afraid of competition, when it should bring out the best in us. We all have talents and abilities, so why be intimidated by other people's skills?
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The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.
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