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You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.

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
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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So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.
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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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Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do.
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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
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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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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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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.
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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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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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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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I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.
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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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Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.
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If you are killing time, it's not murder. It's suicide.
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I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.
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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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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop
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