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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.'

Lou Holtz

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
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Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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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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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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It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.
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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 feel that God wants me to coach otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
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Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me?
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