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Build your empire on the firm foundation of the fundamentals.

Lou Holtz

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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
Empires
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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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Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.
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