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I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it. (Lou Holtz)
The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood. View quote
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If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better. View quote
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If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him. View quote
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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. View quote
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Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference. View quote
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In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities. View quote
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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. View quote
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We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. My wife looked at me and said: 'Boy, you are skinny, aren't you?' I said: 'Honey, I'd like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.' View quote
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Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think. View quote
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Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise. (Lou Holtz)
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. View quote
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In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow. View quote
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He had shoulder surgery on his elbow. View quote
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As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it. View quote
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For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven. View quote
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If you try to fight the course, it will beat you. View quote
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ESPN is a great organization to work for. View quote
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I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on. View quote
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If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback. View quote
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My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. (Lou Holtz)
I give opinions, not advice. View quote
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God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way. View quote
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent. View quote
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Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something. View quote
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