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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop

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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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The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.
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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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I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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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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Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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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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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
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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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I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.
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One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.
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