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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.

Lou Holtz

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
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Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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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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To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.
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Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.
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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
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You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.
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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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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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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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If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.
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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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If you make a fist and hold it for two hours, you won't be able to pick up a glass because you'll be so weak. Let's stay loose. Let's have fun.
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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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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.
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So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.
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It's the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.
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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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