Lou Holtz Quotes
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All you need is something to say, and a burning desire to say it... it doesn't matter where your hands are.
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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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An agent won't help you get drafted higher, won't make you win more games, and won't make you faster or stronger. They all say they can, but the people who do the drafting don't talk to agents. They talk to coaches, they watch film, they talk to the people who've worked with players. They don't talk to agents.
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One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game tomorrow and lose a team. You can lose a game tomorrow and win a football team.
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If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.
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All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.
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They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.
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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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To my wife 'I told you I was sick'.
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You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.
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I've never seen the yellow light, umm the yellow line be wrong.
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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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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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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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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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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 always have to prepare for the obstacles that are going to come. Consequently, when they do come, it doesn't affect you mentally near as much as when you're unprepared for them.
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My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
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Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for.
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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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You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.
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We will use some kind of option and we will throw the football. I hope it will be at our people.