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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
Louis Holtz
Blackboard
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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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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.
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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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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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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.
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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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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop
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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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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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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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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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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
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It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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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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One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.
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