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We aren't where we want to be we aren't where we ought to be but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.

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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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An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.
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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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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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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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I feel that God wants me to coach otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
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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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You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.
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It's the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.
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Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something, and a purpose in your life, you're gonna die.
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