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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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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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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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First we become the best, then we'll become first.
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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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I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.
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It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant
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How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?
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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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Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think
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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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After winning, most teams become individuals most teams become complacent.
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I bet you went on one date and wanted to get married.
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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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