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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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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
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If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.
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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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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
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I can't explain why a bride buys her wedding dress, whereas a groom rents his tux.
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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had to collect thirty cents a week from each customer. I owed the paper twenty cents per customer per week, and got to keep the rest. When I didn't collect, the balance came out of my profit. My average income was six dollars a week.
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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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It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant
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God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.
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I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.
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Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
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Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.
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I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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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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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.
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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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