Lou Holtz Quotes
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The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.
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Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
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You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.
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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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Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.
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I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!
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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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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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You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.
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Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
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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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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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Actually, all I ever wanted to be was the best in my field.
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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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In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.
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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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You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.
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How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?
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Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn.
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I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.