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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.

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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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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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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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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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Build your empire on the firm foundation of the fundamentals.
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All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey.
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How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?
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It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game
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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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I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.
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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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It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.
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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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Broadcasting is easy you just talk until you think of something to say.
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.
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You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.
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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop
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It's the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.
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