Lou Holtz Quotes
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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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My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
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The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.
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A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.
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You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.
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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.
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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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When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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Do what's right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest; remain free from drugs; and if you have any questions, get out your Bible. 2. Do your best. Mediocrity is unacceptable when you are capable of doing better. 3. Treat others as you want to be treated. Practice love and understanding.
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Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.
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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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If you are killing time, it's not murder. It's suicide.
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It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant
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Your neighbors will make judgments about you based on how your lawn and house look, and people who see you passing will judge you based on how clean you keep your car. It's not always fair, but it has always been true. Appearances matter, so make yours a good one.
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Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by
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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.
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.
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Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
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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.
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Everyone wants to win on Saturday afternoon when the game is played. It’s what you do the other six days that decides the outcome
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Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.
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Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.