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When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

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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
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The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail.
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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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I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.
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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
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I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.
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I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.
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You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop
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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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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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Coaching is about helping young people have a chance to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility than that. One of the greatest honors a person can have is being called 'Coach.'
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I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.
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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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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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