Lou Holtz Quotes
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Don't let failure get you down. Babe Ruth struck out over 1,300 times.
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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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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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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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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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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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You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork 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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One thing about me is I try to be honest.
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I've never seen the yellow light, umm the yellow line be wrong.
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When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.
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To my wife 'I told you I was sick'.
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ESPN is a great organization to work for.
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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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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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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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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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My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.
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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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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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God looks after children, animals and idiots.
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You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.