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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.

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
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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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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 asked you to pack your headgear and shoulder pads, but more importantly your defense and your kicking game, because that's what wins game like this.
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I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
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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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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
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If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?
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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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One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.
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If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities. If you want to fail yourself - you can - but you cannot do your own thing if you have responsibilities to team members.
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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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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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The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.
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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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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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When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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