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To my wife 'I told you I was sick'.

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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
Football
College
Told
Wife
Sick

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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 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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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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Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.
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You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.
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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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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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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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I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.
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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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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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Attitude determines how well you do it.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.
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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.
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The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.
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