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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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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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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.
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First we become the best, then we'll become first.
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When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. Why was something successful? What makes it work? I just try to use my expertise and whatever insight I have to the game.
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God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.
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After landing his invasion forces on the shores of some country, the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes would immediately burn his own boats. He was sending his army a message: We can't turn back. Either we succeed here or we die here. Excuses were not an option.
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If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
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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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When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.
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I bet you went on one date and wanted to get married.
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A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing.
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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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The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.
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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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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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I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.
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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
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Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.
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We aren't where we want to be we aren't where we ought to be but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.
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