Lou Holtz Quotes
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
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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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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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Actually, all I ever wanted to be was the best in my field.
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I just have an enthusiasm for life.
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No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.
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Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.
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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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Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
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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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To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.
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You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.
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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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It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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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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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 can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
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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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Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn.
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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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I don't think we can win every game. Just the next one.