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I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.
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Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn.
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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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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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In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.
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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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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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One day you are drinking the wine, and they next day you are picking the grapes.
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I bet you went on one date and wanted to get married.
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I give opinions, not advice.
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If you continually ask yourself, "What's important now?", you won't waste time on the trivial.
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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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Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too.
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How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
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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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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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I don't think we can win every game. Just the next one.
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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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The price of LEADERSHIP is RESPONSIBILITY....and part of that responsibility is to STAY POSITIVE whether you feel like it or not.
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A player has no use for an agent. None.
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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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To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky.
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Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.
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