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No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
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I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
Lou Holtz
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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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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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Don't let failure get you down. Babe Ruth struck out over 1,300 times.
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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
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I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.
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Football coaches don't have real problems.
Lou Holtz
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I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.
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Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down.
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In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.
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Coaching is about helping young people have a chance to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility than that. One of the greatest honors a person can have is being called 'Coach.'
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I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.
Lou Holtz
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I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.
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The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal or just a score.
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You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.
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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
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I believe your attitude is the most important choice you can make.
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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Lou Holtz
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The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got.
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The next flag they plant will be all white, and it'll be surrender.
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The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.
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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.
Lou Holtz