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

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Lou Holtz
Age: 88
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
Louis Holtz
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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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An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.
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I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.
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Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me?
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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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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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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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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. Why was something successful? What makes it work? I just try to use my expertise and whatever insight I have to the game.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.
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Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
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I believe your attitude is the most important choice you can make.
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So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.
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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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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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I feel that God wants me to coach otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
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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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All I've seen agents do is talk players into having bad senior seasons because they're trying to keep themselves from getting injured.
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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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