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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.

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
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An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger.
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The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.
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Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.
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All I've seen agents do is talk players into having bad senior seasons because they're trying to keep themselves from getting injured.
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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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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.
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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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It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
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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 the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.
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God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.
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I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.
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To my wife 'I told you I was sick'.
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One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.
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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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I feel that God wants me to coach otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.
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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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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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