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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
Louis Holtz
Leadership
Sports
Become
Best
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After landing his invasion forces on the shores of some country, the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes would immediately burn his own boats. He was sending his army a message: We can't turn back. Either we succeed here or we die here. Excuses were not an option.
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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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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
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I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.
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The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.
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Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
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It's the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.
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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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I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.
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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 aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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Broadcasting is easy you just talk until you think of something to say.
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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So many times people are afraid of competition, when it should bring out the best in us. We all have talents and abilities, so why be intimidated by other people's skills?
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.
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