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Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down.
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
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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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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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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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Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.
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If you want to get a deal, negotiate with the teams yourself. Say, I want this much, and no less, but I'll show up to camp on time. It doesn't seem that hard to me.
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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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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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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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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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I was born January 6, 1937, eight years after Wall Street crashed and two years before John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the plight of a family during the Great Depression.
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You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.
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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
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It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
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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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You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.
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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
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The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.
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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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