Lou Holtz Quotes
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Actually, all I ever wanted to be was the best in my field.
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Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.
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To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.
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Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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The greatest power God gave us is the power to choose. We have the opportunity to choose whether we're going to act or procrastinate, believe or doubt, pray or curse, help or heal. We also choose whether we're going to be happy or whether we're going to be sad.
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It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them. Lou Holtz
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You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.
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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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What you are capable of achieving is determined by your talent and ability. What you attempt to do is determined by your motivation. How well you do something is determined by your attitude.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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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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If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.
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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You’ve got to make a sincere attempt to have the right goals to begin with, then go after them with appropriate effort, and remember that you can’t really achieve anything great without the help of others.
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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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I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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What's important now? - To evaluate the past, focus on the future, and tell you what you have to do in the present
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If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
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In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.
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Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn.