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First we become the best, then we'll become first.
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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So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.
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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're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
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I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.
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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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In adversity, there is opportunity. Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity. Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.
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It's the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.
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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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How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?
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I give opinions, not advice.
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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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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.
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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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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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