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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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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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The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.
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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
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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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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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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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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 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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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop
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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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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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One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.
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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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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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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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