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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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Attitude determines how well you do it.
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I believe your attitude is the most important choice you can make.
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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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Broadcasting is easy you just talk until you think of something to say.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities. If you want to fail yourself - you can - but you cannot do your own thing if you have responsibilities to team members.
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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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I feel that God wants me to coach otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
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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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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
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I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.
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I bet you went on one date and wanted to get married.
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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
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It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.
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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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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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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.
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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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