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First we become the best, then we'll become first.

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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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Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.
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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop
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I give opinions, not advice.
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The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.
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No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
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A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing.
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If you make a fist and hold it for two hours, you won't be able to pick up a glass because you'll be so weak. Let's stay loose. Let's have fun.
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It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant
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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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Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down.
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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
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I bet you went on one date and wanted to get married.
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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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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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It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game
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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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The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.
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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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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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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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